{"doi":"10.1177/02537176231196290","title":"Prevalence of Psychiatric Morbidity and Alcohol use Disorders Among Adolescent Indigenous Tribals from Three Indian States","abstract":"Background: Among the Indian adolescents, the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and alcohol use disorders (AUD) are 7.3% and 1.3%. However, no separate data are available for indigenous tribal populations. This study estimated the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and AUD and associated socio-demographic factors among adolescents in the tribal communities in three widely varying states in India. Methods: Using validated Indian versions of the MINI 6.0, MINI Kid 6.0, and ICD-10 criteria, we conducted a cross-sectional survey from January to May 2019 in three Indian sites: Valsad, Gujarat (western India); Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu (south India); and East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya (north-east India) on 623 indigenous tribal adolescents. Results: Aggregate prevalence of any psychiatric morbidity was 15.9% (95% CI: 13.1–19.0) (males: 13.6%, 95% CI: 10.0–18.1; females: 17.9%, 95% CI: 13.9–22.6), with site-wise statistically significant differences: Gujarat: 23.8% (95% CI: 18.1–30.2), Meghalaya: 17.1% (95% CI: 12.4–22.7), Tamil Nadu: 6.2% (95% CI: 3.2–10.5). The prevalence of diagnostic groups was mood disorders 6.4% ( n = 40), neurotic- and stress-related disorders 9.1% ( n = 57), phobic anxiety disorder 6.3% ( n = 39), AUD 2.7% ( n = 17), behavioral and emotional disorders 2.7% ( n = 17), and obsessive-compulsive disorder 2.2% ( n = 14). These differed across the sites. Conclusion: The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in adolescent tribals is approximately twice the national average. The most common psychiatric morbidities reported are mood (affective) disorders, neurotic- and stress-related disorders, phobic anxiety disorder, AUD, behavioral and emotional disorders, andobsessive-compulsive disorder.","journal":"Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine","year":2023,"id":356391,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":4,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.7772,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2023-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1105111,"name":"Susmita Chandramouleeshwaran","orcid":"0000-0003-2295-852X","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1105112,"name":"Sunil Nayak","orcid":"0000-0003-2659-1286","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1105522,"name":"Ryntihlin Jennifer War","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":391651,"name":"Smita N. Deshpande","orcid":null,"position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":432059,"name":"Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar","orcid":"0000-0001-8485-5927","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1105113,"name":"Hitesh Shah","orcid":"0000-0002-5690-387X","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1105523,"name":"Ravikant Patel","orcid":null,"position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1105524,"name":"Melissa Dora Kyndiah","orcid":null,"position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1105525,"name":"Wa Era Dann Shylla","orcid":null,"position":9,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1105526,"name":"Veena Sunil","orcid":null,"position":10,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1105114,"name":"Smitha Mohanraj","orcid":"0000-0001-8937-0689","position":11,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1105527,"name":"M. Divya Devi","orcid":null,"position":12,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1105528,"name":"Kshama Shukla","orcid":null,"position":13,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1105529,"name":"Shylaja Devi","orcid":null,"position":14,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1105110,"name":"Vaibhav Gharat","orcid":"0000-0001-7341-3066","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":18,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T01:13:25.429924Z","pmid":"38524954","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}