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| Author(s): |
Daniel Graça Fatori de Sá
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2016-06-22 |
| Examining board members: |
Euripedes Constantino Miguel Filho;
Luciane Nascimento Cruz;
Guilherme Vanoni Polanczyk;
Patrícia Coelho de Soárez
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| Advisor: | Euripedes Constantino Miguel Filho |
| Abstract | |
Child mental disorders are prevalent and impairing, negatively impacting families and society. lnformation on child mental disorders costs is important to plan the health system and to show policy makers how plan and prioritize budgets. However, there are no child mental disorders cost studies in Brazil. The main objectives of the present thesis were to estimate the mean costs of subthreshold and clinical mental disorders in children living in Brazil and to estimate its national costs. Outcome of Study I was any child mental disorder, outcome of Study II was child obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), both subthreshold and clinical. The present study it is cost-of-illness study of child mental disorders using a retrospective bottom-up methods, based on prevalence data from a cross-sectional study of children registered at public schools in Porto Alegre and Sao Paulo. A total of 8,012 families were interviewed, providing information about 9,937 children. From this pool, two subgroups were further investigated using random- selection (n=958) and high-risk group selection procedure (n=I,514), resulting in a total sample of 2,512 subjects 6-14 years old. Mental disorder assessment was made using the Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA). The cost of child mental disorders was estimated from the following components: use of mental health services, social services and school problems. Costs were estimated for each child and the economic impact at the national levei was calculated. Study I results: subthreshold and clinical disorder showed lifetime mean total cost of $1,750.86 and $3,141.21, respectively. The national lifetime cost estimate of clinical mental disorders in Brazil was $11.65 billion, whereas for subthreshold mental disorder it was $19.92 billion (alI values in PPP, purchasing power parity). Study 11: subthreshold and clínical OCD showed lifetime mean total cost of $1,651.81 and $3,293.38, respectively. The national lifetime cost estimate of clinical OCD in Brazil was $2.03 billion, whereas for subthreshold OCD it was $6.71 bilIion. The present study provides evidence about the economic impact of child mental disorders. This knowledge can inform about the magnitude of the problem, so that policy makers can make adjustments to better address these problems with cost-effective programs of treatment and prevention. It is recommended that health and education budgets in Brazil should increase to enhance prevention and treatment of children with childhood mental disorders (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/09246-0 - Study of obsessive-compulsive disorder and other mental disorders costs in childhood |
| Grantee: | Daniel Graça Fatori de Sá |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |