Validation of the Kirundi versions of brief self-rating scales for common mental disorders among children in Burundi

Table 2 Psychiatric diagnosis according to K-SADS-PL

Diagnosis	n = 65	%
Depressive disorders	12	18
Depression	10	15
Adjustment Disorder with depressive symptoms	2	3
Posttraumatic stress syndromes	15	23
PTSD	7	11
PTSD subsyndromal cases	8	12
Other anxiety disorders ¹	15	23
Separation Anxiety Disorder	5	8
Panic Disorder	2	3
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder	1	2
Anxiety NOS	12	18
Any common mental disorder ²	28	43
No diagnosis	37	57

K-SADS-PL, Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children; NOS, not otherwise specified; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder.
¹Numbers of the specific anxiety disorders do not add up because some children had more than one anxiety disorder.
²Numbers of ‘depressive disorders’, ‘posttraumatic stress syndromes’ and ‘other anxiety disorders’ do not add up because some children had more than one disorder.

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