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Published in final edited form as: J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2011 Aug 4;52(10):1015–1025. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02446.x

Table 2.

Changes in prevalence of disorders from childhood to adolescence*

Diagnosis	Direction of change	Study
Any anxiety disorder	Increase Increase (F, M)	BCAMHS¹ GSMS²
Panic disorder	Increase Increase (F, M)	BCAMHS GSMS
Agoraphobia	Increase Increase (F, M)	BCAMHS GSMS
Generalized anxiety disorder	Decrease Increase (F) Decrease (M) Increase	BCAMHS GSMS GSMS Dunedin³
Separation anxiety disorder	Decrease Decrease (F, M) Decrease	BCAMHS GSMS CCS⁴
Social phobia	Same Increase (F) Decrease (M)	BCAMHS GSMS GSMS
Specific phobia	Decrease Decrease (F) Same (M)	BCAMHS GSMS GSMS
Any depressive disorder	Increase (F, M) Increase Increase Increase (F, M)	GSMS Brazil⁵ BCAMHS CCS
Conduct Disorder	Increase Same (F) Decrease (M) Decrease (F) Increase (M) Same	BCAMHS GSMS GSMS CCS CCS Dunedin⁶
Oppositional disruptive disorder	Decrease Same (F) Decrease (M) Increase (F) Same (M) Same	BCAMHS GSMS GSMS CCS CCS Dunedin
ADHD	Decrease (F, M) Decrease Decrease	GSMS BCAMHS CCS
Any substance use disorder	Increase Increase (F, M)	CCS GSMS
Any disorder	Increase Increase (F) Decrease (M) Same	BCAMHS GSMS GSMS Dunedin

British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Survey ( BCAMHS) 11-12 vs. 13-15 (Ford et al., 2003), 13-16 (Green et al., 2005)

Great Smoky Mountains Study (GSMS) 9-12 vs. 13-16 (Costello et al., 2003)

Dunedin: Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (Arseneault et al., 2000, Moffitt et al., 2007) (Newman et al., 1996)

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CCS: Caring for Children Study 10-13 vs. 14-16 (Cohen et al., 1993b)

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