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The screening of the risk of autism spectrum disorders in children aged 16–24 months in Russia, 2015

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

M. Ivanov ,
N. Simashkova ,
G. Kozlovskaya  and
E. Makushkin
M. Ivanov*
Affiliation:
Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Mental Health Research Center”, Department of Child Psychiatry, Moscow, Russia
N. Simashkova
Affiliation:
Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Mental Health Research Center”, Department of Child Psychiatry, Moscow, Russia
G. Kozlovskaya
Affiliation:
Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Mental Health Research Center”, Department of Child Psychiatry, Moscow, Russia
E. Makushkin
Affiliation:
Federal State Budgetary Institution “Federal Medical Research Center of Psychiatry and Narcology of V.P. Serbsky” of the Russian Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Administration, Moscow, Russia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Improving the mental health diagnosis in young children is the high-priority problem in reducing the rate of child disability due to mental illnesses. In 2015, the Ministry of Healthcare (Russia) introduced the pilot project – the total screening of the paediatric population at an early age, detecting autism spectrum disorders (ASD) risk group.

Objectives

To determine the broad range of mental disorders: from minor borderline states (states of risk) to serious mental disorders, with an emphasis on determination of ASD in children aged 16–24 months in general population.

Methods

The survey was conducted by the total screening in primary health care institutions (in the three largest regions of Russia: Volgograd, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk regions). The screening tool: checklist for parents aimed at detection of risk of occurrence of ASD in early children, for screening in general population.

Results and conclusions

During 2015, 34,770 parents of children aged 16–24 were questioned. Of these 4102 children or 11.8% (118:1000) formed the risk group in ASD. By the risk group in ASD predisposition (diathesis) is understood, that does not correspond fully to the clinical criteria of illness. This state of predisposition may last for several years and pass either to illness or to health.

The part of the children of the risk group in ASD were consulted by psychiatrist on a voluntary basis (2774 cases). Fifteen children (0.4:1000) were diagnosed with prominent clinical disorders in ICD-10 (F84). This prevalence rate cannot be extrapolated on the general population of the children at the considered age.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster viewing: child and adolescent psychiatry
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S442
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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