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Prevalence Of Depression, Anxiety, And Obsessive–Compulsive Disorders Among Secondary School Students In Menoufia Governorate, Egypt, Gaafar M. Abdel-Rasoul, Nabil R. Mohamed, Omaima A. Mohamed, Rabei A. Al Bahnasy, Reda A. Ibrahem
Prevalence Of Depression, Anxiety, And Obsessive–Compulsive Disorders Among Secondary School Students In Menoufia Governorate, Egypt, Gaafar M. Abdel-Rasoul, Nabil R. Mohamed, Omaima A. Mohamed, Rabei A. Al Bahnasy, Reda A. Ibrahem
Menoufia Medical Journal
Objectives The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and obsessive–compulsive disorders among secondary school students and to assess the comorbidities of these disorders. Background Any type of mental illness can have a negative impact on cognitive development and learning and involves a very high cost to both the individual and society. Anxiety and depression can be considered reliable indicators for the assessment of mental illness in a community. Participants and methods From a total of 83 635 secondary school students in Menoufia Governorate during the academic year 2010–2011, using a multistage random sampling technique, …