Table 1.
Evidence regarding prevalence, nature and interventions to address mental health problems in adolescents in resource-constrained settings
| Country | Mental health morbidity in community or clinical cohorts | Depressive and other emotional symptoms | Suicide and suicidal behaviours* | Mental health after armed conflict and natural disasters | Mental health consequences of non-communicable and communicable diseases | Mental health and sexual and reproductive health** | Emerging mental health concerns | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Bosnia | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Cambodia | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Cameroon | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| China | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | |||
| Colombia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Cuba | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Ecuador | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Egypt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| El Salvador | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Eritrea | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Gaza Strip and West Bank | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Guatemala | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Honduras | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| India | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Iran | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Iraq | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Kosovo | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Micronesia | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Nepal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Nigeria | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Pakistan | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Philippines | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Senegal | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Sudan | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Uganda | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Ukraine | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Zambia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 7 | 31 | 18 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 123 |
*excluding the WHO SUPRE-MISS study, which included, but was not specific to adolescents
Source: Fisher J, Cabral de Mello M, Izutsu T, Vijayakumar L, Belfer M, Omigbodun O. Adolescent mental health in resource-constrained settings: A review of the evidence. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2011;57[S1] 9-116.