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The European Journal of Public Health 1996 6(1):29-34; doi:10.1093/eurpub/6.1.29
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Detection of depressive complaints in children

IKE KROESBERGEN, CEES DE WIT and THEO STIJNEN

Regional Health Centre ‘Stadsgewest Breda’ Breda, The Netherlands
Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Nijmegen and Child Psychiatric Clinic ‘De Mark’ Breda, The Netherlands
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University of Rotterdam The Netherlands

Correspondence: Mrs Jr H.T. Kroesbergen, GGD Stadsgewest Breda, PO Box 3215, 4800 DE Breda, The Netherlands, tel. +31 76 5282000, fax +31 76 5216062

This article deals with the detection of depressive complaints in 10–11 year old children. The results of routine examinations of children by school nurses are compared with the screening results on the Short Depression Inventory for Children (SDIC). It was not possible to predict the presence of depressive complaints, as detected by the SDIC, from the items routinely collected by the nurses, despite the fact that some of these items were highly associated with the presence of depressive complaints. The interest in screening large populations of children for depressive complaints is discussed. Conditions for introducing mass-screening procedures are described.

Keywords: juvenile health care, early detection, screening, childhood depression


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