Prevalence of Poor Mental Health Among Adolescents in Kabul, Afghanistan, as of November 2021

Sayed Jafar Ahmadi, Laura Jobson, Arul Earnest, Daniel McAvoy, Zeinab Musavi, Nasratullah Samim, Sayed Ali Akbar Sarwary

JAMA Network Open · 2022 · 21 citations · 3 references

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This study has some limitations. Owing to heightened security, we were unable to adopt a random-sampling design, we could only recruit from Kabul, it was difficult to recruit girls, the sample size was limited, and the cross-sectional design precluded any inference of causation. Follow-up studies are needed to monitor the chronicity of psychiatric disorders among adolescents in Afghanistan.

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