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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 21.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Sch. 2023 Jan 21;60(7):2320–2341. doi: 10.1002/pits.22856

Table 3.

Percentage of students who met criteria for mental disorders in Stage 2 who screened as high-risk on the BASC-2-BESS and SDQ in Stage 1, Project to Learn About Youth-Mental Health

Disorder
N
High-risk by BASC-2-BESS or SDQ
n (%)
High-risk by BASC-2-BESS
n (%)
High-risk by SDQ
n (%)
Low Screen on BASC-2 BESS and SDQ
n (%)

Any disorder 267 158 (59.2%) 114 (42.7%) 147 (55.1%) 109 (40.8%)
Any internalizing 126 58 (46.0%) 43 (34.1%) 54 (42.9%) 68 (54.0%)
 Generalized anxiety 19 5 (26.3%) 3 (15.8%) 5 (26.3%) 14 (73.7%)
 Social phobia 36 13 (36.1%) 9 (25.0%) 12 (33.3%) 23 (63.9%)
 Separation anxiety 44 21 (47.7%) 12 (27.3%) 21 (47.7%) 23 (52.3%)
 Panic disorder 9 3 (33.3%) 3 (33.3%) 3 (33.3%) 6 (66.7%)
 Agoraphobia 17 9 (52.9%) 8 (47.1%) 8 (47.1%) 8 (47.1%)
 Obsessive compulsive disorder 26 15 (57.7%) 12 (46.2%) 14 (53.9%) 11 (42.3%)
 Post-traumatic stress disorder 4 2 (50.0%) 2 (50.0%) 2 (50.0%) 2 (50.0%)
 Any depressive disorder 31 18 (58.1%) 13 (41.9%) 17 (54.8%) 13 (41.9%)
 Mania/hypomania 5 5 (100.0%) 4 (80.0%) 5 (100.0 %) 0 (0.0%)
Any externalizing 197 134 (68.0%) 95 (48.2%) 126 (64.0%) 63 (32.0%)
 Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder 101 88 (87.1%) 67 (66.3%) 86 (85.2%) 13 (12.9%)
 Oppositional defiant disorder 117 69 (59.0%) 49 (41.9%) 64 (54.7%) 48 (41.0%)
 Conduct disorder 25 18 (72.0%) 11 (44.0%) 16 (64.0%) 7 (28.0%)

BASC-2-BESS = Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System; SDQ = Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

The social phobia module was not administered in the Ohio site.

This group includes major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder.