Graduate student Taiki Nagaoka, Associate Professor Shuntaro Ando, Professor Kiyoto Kasai of the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Associate Professor Kei Usami of the Graduate School of Education, Atsushi Nishida, Director of the Center for Social Health and Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, and others. The research group found that the various patterns of change in psychiatric symptoms in adolescents were divided into five groups, and one of these groups was one that did not seek help from those around them and had a high risk of suicide. This was discovered using deep learning technology, and is likely to become the basis for building a support framework.
According to the University of Tokyo and other organizations, the research group conducted the ``Tokyo Teen Cohort Study,'' a large-scale epidemiological study conducted by the University of Tokyo and other institutions, and surveyed 10 people between the ages of 16 and 4 who participated in all four surveys to assess various psychiatric symptoms. We conducted a questionnaire survey of children and their caregivers to investigate behavioral problems.
When the survey results were analyzed using deep learning technology, 60.5% were in the "non-affected group," which had minimal problems, and 16.2% were in the "internalizing group," which showed problems such as persistent or worsening depression and anxiety. 9.9% are in the ``dissociative group,'' who have been overlooked by their caregivers; 9.6% are in the ``externalizing group,'' which indicates persistent behavioral problems; It was found that 3.9% of the respondents were from the 'Group' group. Among these, those in the ``disengagement group'' tended not to seek help from those around them, even though they were at higher risk of suicide and self-harm.
The research group found that approximately 40% of adolescents who do not seek medical attention for psychiatric symptoms are classified as having problems, and that there is a ``discrepancy'' in which subjective distress is overlooked by their caregivers. It was pointed out that self-harm and suicidal thoughts were most common in the ``group.'' The findings of this study will be used to recognize the importance of listening to the subjective experiences of adolescents, recognize the existence of children who are suffering and cannot ask for help from those around them, and to build systems to support them in society.
