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1827 – Prevalence Of Risk Behaviours Among European Young. Preliminary Data From An Italian Sample We-stay Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

M. D’Aulerio ,
V. Carli ,
M. Iosue ,
F. Basilico ,
L. Recchia ,
A. Apter ,
J. Balazs ,
J. Bobes ,
R. Brunner  and
D. Cosman
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M. D’Aulerio
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
V. Carli
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy National Prevention of Suicide and Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
M. Iosue
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
F. Basilico
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
L. Recchia
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
A. Apter
Affiliation:
Schneider Children Medical Center of Israel, Clalit Health Service, Tel Aviv, Israel
J. Balazs
Affiliation:
Vadaskert Child Psychiatry Hospital and Outpatient Clinic, Hospital and Outpatient Clinic, Budapest, Hungary Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
J. Bobes
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
R. Brunner
Affiliation:
Department Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
D. Cosman
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology Department, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
J.P. Kahn
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Nancy University Medical Center, Nancy, France
V. Postuvan
Affiliation:
Mental Health Department, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia
P. Saiz
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine (Psychiatry), University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
A. Varnik
Affiliation:
Estonian-Swedish Mental Health & Suicidology Institute, Tallin, Estonia
C. Wasserman
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
C. Hoven
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
M. Sarchiapone
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
D. Wasserman
Affiliation:
National Prevention of Suicide and Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

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Introduction

Truancy negatively affects almost every aspect in the life, including physical, mental health, social and economical conditions.

Objectives

To implement and evaluate outcomes of three different kinds of intervention against truancy. A mechanistic intervention to stop truancy will be used as control.

Aims

To reduce truancy among European adolescents improving mental health in European high schools.

Methods

The WE- STAY intervention carried out in 6 different European Countries. In Italy a sample of 2265 High school students (mean age 15.6 ± 0,6; 64,4% females) was selected. The students were randomized into one of four different intervention arms. Baseline evaluation of students' lifestyle, coping styles, at-risk truancy, self-harm behaviours and mental health issues was collected using a structured questionnaire.

Results

6% has been absent from school for 7 days or more without a valid excuse during the past year. 55,0% of the sample has smoked cigarettes; 7,2% drank alcohol 4 or more time during the week (13,9% male and 3,4% female). About the use of drugs, 17,4% of them used drugs at least once in a lifetime. 16% of the students started a fight at least once in a lifetime.

Conclusions

Truancy is often related to mental health problems and at-risk behaviours. The truancy has been the focus of a different policy initiatives, often ended in failure. Through the implementation of WE-STAY is possible to acquire more data on truancy prevalence and its correlated psycho-social and psychiatric aspects, as well as information on school and parents attitudes toward this phenomenon.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E1079
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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