{"id":1249,"date":"2010-10-25T10:53:20","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T10:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.mainelyseo.com\/cdi-upgrade\/parenting_today\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2019-07-23T16:59:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T23:59:11","slug":"one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"One in Five Adolescents Have Psychiatric Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-116\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/teen-girl-doctor-300x199.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"119\" \/>Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health have reported on the prevalence data on a broad range of mental disorders in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents, which show that approximately one in five children in the U.S. meet the criteria for a mental disorder severe enough to disrupt their daily lives.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Merikangas and colleagues paper &#8220;Lifetime Prevalence of Mental Disorders in U.S. Adolescents : Results from the National Comorbidity Study-Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A)&#8221; appears in the October 2010 issue of the <em>Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The NCS-A is a nationally representative, face-to-face survey of 10,123 adolescents aged 13 to 18 years in the continental United States. Diagnostic assessment of DSM-IV mental disorders were measured using a modified version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that anxiety disorders were the most common condition (31.9%),followed by behavior disorders (19.1%), mood disorders (14.3%), and substance use disorders (11.4%), with approximately 40% of participants with one class of disorder also meeting criteria for another class of lifetime disorder.<\/p>\n<p>The prevalence of disorders with <strong>severe<\/strong> impairment and\/or distress, marked by interference with daily life was over one in five children, or 22.2%.<\/p>\n<p>The authors conclude that not enough public health resources are being allocated to address the mental health needs of adolescents. They report &#8220;Prospective research is now needed to understand the risk factors for mental disorder onset in adolescence, as well as the predictors of the continuity of these disorders into adulthood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When parents notice a change in behavior in their child or teen, they should be sure to talk with their child&#8217;s physician so they can asses to determine if it is\u00a0related to a physical problem, psychological disorder or just part of normal child development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit our section on <a href=\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/child-psychology\">Child Psychology and Mental Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"static_txt_preview\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/184310914X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mentalhealth06-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=184310914X\">Help Your Child or Teen Get Back on Track: What Parents and Professionals Can Do for Childhood Emotional and Behavioral Problems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"static_txt_preview\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1556436998?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=childdevelopme09&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1556436998\">Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents&#8217; Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Journal References:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Kathleen Ries Merikangas, Jian-ping He, Marcy Burstein, Sonja A. Swanson, Shelli Avenevoli, Lihong Cui, Corina Benjet, Katholiki Georgiades, Joel Swendsen. Lifetime Prevalence of Mental Disorders in U.S. Adolescents: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication\u2013Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). Journal of the American Academy of Child &amp; Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010; 49 (10): 980-989<\/li>\n<li>Kathleen R. Merikangas, Shelli Avenevoli, E. Jane Costello, Doreen Koretz, Ronald C. Kessler. National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A): I. Background and Measures. Journal of the American Academy of Child &amp; Adolescent Psychiatry, 2009; 48 (4): 367-379<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health have reported on the prevalence data on a broad range of mental disorders in a nationally representative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[211,317],"class_list":["post-1249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psychology","tag-mental-health","tag-teens"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>One in Five Adolescents Have Psychiatric Disorder - Child Development Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"One in Five Adolescents Have Psychiatric Disorder - Child Development Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health have reported on the prevalence data on a broad range of mental disorders in a nationally representative [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Child Development Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ParentingTodayCDI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-10-25T10:53:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-23T23:59:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/teen-girl-doctor-300x199.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gail Fernandez, MD\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ParentingWeb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ParentingWeb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gail Fernandez, MD\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Gail Fernandez, MD\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cf5a5c64c782b593ba497319c0c052e6\"},\"headline\":\"One in Five Adolescents Have Psychiatric Disorder\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-10-25T10:53:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-23T23:59:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/\"},\"wordCount\":432,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/teen-girl-doctor-300x199.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"mental health\",\"teens\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Child Psychology\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/\",\"name\":\"One in Five Adolescents Have Psychiatric Disorder - Child Development Institute\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/teen-girl-doctor-300x199.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-10-25T10:53:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-23T23:59:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/teen-girl-doctor-300x199.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/teen-girl-doctor-300x199.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"One in Five Adolescents Have Psychiatric Disorder\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/\",\"name\":\"Child Development Institute\",\"description\":\"Parenting articles, news and tips on raising happy, healthy, successful kids and teens.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Child Development Institute\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Child_Development_Institute_Logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Child_Development_Institute_Logo.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":306,\"caption\":\"Child Development Institute\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ParentingTodayCDI\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/ParentingWeb\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/parentingtoday\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/parentinginfo\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cf5a5c64c782b593ba497319c0c052e6\",\"name\":\"Gail Fernandez, MD\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bw-96x96-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bw-96x96-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Gail Fernandez, MD\"},\"description\":\"Dr Gail Fernandez is a board certified child psychiatrist and is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the UC Irvine School of Medicine. Dr Fernandez received her MD degree and General and Child\/Adolescent Psychiatric training at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. Her community work includes Medical Director for FOCUS a program specializing in treatment of sexually abused children and their families. She is a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/authors\/shoulderin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"One in Five Adolescents Have Psychiatric Disorder - Child Development Institute","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"One in Five Adolescents Have Psychiatric Disorder - Child Development Institute","og_description":"Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health have reported on the prevalence data on a broad range of mental disorders in a nationally representative [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/","og_site_name":"Child Development Institute","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ParentingTodayCDI","article_published_time":"2010-10-25T10:53:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-23T23:59:11+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/teen-girl-doctor-300x199.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Gail Fernandez, MD","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ParentingWeb","twitter_site":"@ParentingWeb","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Gail Fernandez, MD","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/"},"author":{"name":"Gail Fernandez, MD","@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cf5a5c64c782b593ba497319c0c052e6"},"headline":"One in Five Adolescents Have Psychiatric Disorder","datePublished":"2010-10-25T10:53:20+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-23T23:59:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/"},"wordCount":432,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/teen-girl-doctor-300x199.jpg","keywords":["mental health","teens"],"articleSection":["Child Psychology"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/","url":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/","name":"One in Five Adolescents Have Psychiatric Disorder - Child Development Institute","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/teen-girl-doctor-300x199.jpg","datePublished":"2010-10-25T10:53:20+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-23T23:59:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/teen-girl-doctor-300x199.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/teen-girl-doctor-300x199.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/one-in-five-adolescents-have-psychiatric-disorder\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"One in Five Adolescents Have Psychiatric Disorder"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/","name":"Child Development Institute","description":"Parenting articles, news and tips on raising happy, healthy, successful kids and teens.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#organization","name":"Child Development Institute","url":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Child_Development_Institute_Logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Child_Development_Institute_Logo.jpg","width":600,"height":306,"caption":"Child Development Institute"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ParentingTodayCDI","https:\/\/x.com\/ParentingWeb","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/parentingtoday\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/parentinginfo\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cf5a5c64c782b593ba497319c0c052e6","name":"Gail Fernandez, MD","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bw-96x96-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bw-96x96-96x96.jpg","caption":"Gail Fernandez, MD"},"description":"Dr Gail Fernandez is a board certified child psychiatrist and is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the UC Irvine School of Medicine. Dr Fernandez received her MD degree and General and Child\/Adolescent Psychiatric training at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. Her community work includes Medical Director for FOCUS a program specializing in treatment of sexually abused children and their families. She is a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.","url":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/authors\/shoulderin\/"}]}},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Gail Fernandez, MD","author_link":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/authors\/shoulderin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health have reported on the prevalence data on a broad range of mental disorders in a nationally representative [&hellip;]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41867,"href":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions\/41867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}