THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH MIXED DISORDERS OF CONDUCT AND EMTIONS WITH ONSET OCCURRING IN ADOLESCENCE AND THE ANXIETY OF PARENTS AT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

Thị Hoa Nguyễn, Công Huân Phạm, Thị Hoà Nguyễn, Thị Hà An Trần

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bjectives: To analyze the relationship between clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with mixed disorders of conduct and emotions with onset occurrding in adolescence and the anxiety of their parents. Methods: Cross-sectional study, using the General Anxiety Disorders questionnaire (GAD-7). Parents of 70 patients diagnosed with mixed disorders of conduct and emotions (coded F92 according to ICD-10) treated as inpatients and outpatients at the National Institute of Mental Health from January 2024 to April 2024. Results: Parents of patients with a duration of illness less than 12 months had anxiety at 60.4%, higher than that of parents of patients with a duration of illness greater than 12 months (p=0.023). 21.7% of parents of patients with more than 1 hospitalization had anxiety, this rate was lower than that of parents of patients with less than 1 hospitalization (p<0.001). Parents of patients with suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior had a higher rate than those without the above symptoms (p=0.003 and p=0.006 respectively). Conclusion: Duration of illness less than 12 months and first hospitalization, suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior increased anxiety in parents of patients

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