Prevalence of Poor Mental Health Among Adolescents in Kabul, Afghanistan, as of November 2021

Sayed Jafar Ahmadi; Laura Jobson; Arul Earnest; Daniel McAvoy; Zeinab Musavi; Nasratullah Samim; Sayed Ali Akbar Sarwary

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.18981

Prevalence of Poor Mental Health Among Adolescents in Kabul, Afghanistan, as of November 2021

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jun 1;5(6):e2218981. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.18981.

Authors

Sayed Jafar Ahmadi¹, Laura Jobson², Arul Earnest³, Daniel McAvoy⁴, Zeinab Musavi⁵, Nasratullah Samim⁵, Sayed Ali Akbar Sarwary⁵

Affiliations

¹ Counseling Department, Kabul Education University, Kabul, Afghanistan.
² Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ Centre for Humanitarian Leadership, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁵ Behrawan Research and Psychology Services Organization, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses the mental health of adolescents in Afghanistan and evaluates their risk of having a psychiatric disorder by age and sex.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Afghanistan / epidemiology
Humans
Mental Health*
Prevalence