Table 2.
Lifetime and 12-Month Mental Health Prevalence Rates of Foster Youth Ages 17 or 18
| Lifetime | 12-Month | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Youth | General Population | Foster Youth | General Population | |||
| Shin (N=113) | VOYAGES (N=373) | Midwest Study (N=732)1 | NCS-A (N=2,356) | VOYAGES (N=373) | NCS-A (N=2,356) | |
| Diagnostic Measure | ICD-9 | DIS | CIDI | CIDI | DIS | CIDI |
| Mental Health Disorder | ||||||
| Major Depression | 32.0 | 27.0 | 10.5 | 15.4 | 18.0 | 10.0 |
| ODD/CD | 40.0 | 47.0 | 13.6/9.6 | 17.0 | 8.1/6.7 | |
| PTSD | 14.0 | 15.1 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | |
| ADHD | 13.0 | 20.0 | - | 10.0 | - | |
| Mania | 6.0 | 6.0 | ||||
| Adjustment disorder | 32.0 | |||||
| Bipolar | 9.0 | 4.3 | ||||
| Any Mental Health Disorder | 66.0 | 61.0 | 59.5 | 37.0 | 49.2 | |
| Substance Use Disorder | ||||||
| Alcohol Abuse | 9.8 | |||||
| Alcohol Dependence | 4.2 | |||||
| Any Alcohol | 14.1 | 14.5 | 10.4 | |||
| Drug Abuse | 5.0 | |||||
| Drug Dependence | 4.8 | |||||
| Any Drug | 7.0 | 16.3 | 9.2 | |||
| Any Substance Use Disorder | 37.0 | 19.7 | 22.3 | 17.9 | 15.2 | |
| Any 2+ Disorders | 32.0 | 36.8 | 15.0 | 24.6 | ||
1
These lifetime prevalence rates include callback information that is reported in Keller et al. (2010) and therefore differ from the information reported in Courtney et al. (2004).