Social consequences of psychiatric disorders, II : Teenage parenthood

OBJECTIVE: The subject of this study was the relation between retrospectively reported early-onset psychiatric disorders and subsequent teenage parenthood in the general population.

METHOD: The data were from 5,877 respondents aged 15-54 years in the National Comorbidity Survey, a nationally representative household survey. Information on respondents' DSM-III-R anxiety disorders, mood disorders, substance abuse disorders, and conduct disorder, age at the birth of the first child, and teenage sexual activity was collected in face-to-face interviews.

RESULTS: Early-onset psychiatric disorders were associated with subsequent teenage parenthood among both females and males, with significant odds ratios of 2.0-12.0 and population attributable risk proportions of 6.2%-33.7%. Disaggregation analyses showed that disorders were associated with increased probability of sexual activity but not with decreased probability of using contraception.

CONCLUSIONS: These results add to a growing body of evidence that psychiatric disorders are associated with a variety of adverse life consequences. The current policy debate concerning universal insurance coverage needs to take this into consideration. Planners of interventions aimed at preventing teenage pregnancy should consider including a mental health treatment component in their intervention packages. Mental health professionals treating adolescents need to be sensitized to their higher risk of pregnancy, while family doctors and specialists treating teenage mothers or their children need to be sensitized to the mothers' higher risk of psychiatric disorder.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1997

Erschienen:

1997

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:154

Enthalten in:

The American journal of psychiatry - 154(1997), 10 vom: Okt., Seite 1405-11

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kessler, R C [VerfasserIn]
Berglund, P A [VerfasserIn]
Foster, C L [VerfasserIn]
Saunders, W B [VerfasserIn]
Stang, P E [VerfasserIn]
Walters, E E [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Adolescent Pregnancy
Adolescents
Age Factors
Americas
Biology
Delivery Of Health Care
Demographic Factors
Developed Countries
Diseases
Fertility
Fertility Measurements
First Birth
Health
Health Services
Journal Article
Medicine
Mental Disorders
North America
Northern America
Population
Population Characteristics
Population Dynamics
Pregnancy History
Psychiatry
Reproductive Behavior
Research Methodology
Research Report
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Risk Factors
Sampling Studies
Studies
Surveys
United States
Youth

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.10.1997

Date Revised 10.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM09274110X