Screening investigation of distribution of mood disorders in adolescence and peculiarities of their currency

Abstract

The problem of mood disorders in adolescents has recently become acute due to the high frequency of encounter and social significance. To investigate the screening of anxiety and depressive disorders and their manifestations in adolescent children to determine risk factors and to develop measures for their prevention. The study was attended by 189 students aged 16-17 years of the educational institutions of the Khmelnytskyi region. For study it was used: Spielberger questionnaire in adaptation A. Andreeva and questionnaire for child depression M. Kovacs, 1992.