Background:Knowledge about the epidemiology of mental disorders in children and adolescents is essential for research and planning of health services. Surveys can provide prevalence rates, whereas population-based registers are instrumental to obtain precise estimates of incidence rates and risks.
Objective:To study the morbidity and the outbreak rate of the psychiatric illnesses among adolescents in Egyptian urban areas.
Patients and Methods: This study was conducted during the period from December 2017 to April 2018, this study was conducted on 1014 students: 500 students from Khalil Agha school and 514 from Ismail Al-Kabbany school in Cairo, Egypt. All participants were subjected to Socioeconomic standard application, General health questionnaire (GHQ), Semi-structured clinical interview according to DSM5, Eysenck personality questionnaire for those given positive results by GHQ and Investigations included CT brain and EEG, as per the clinical interview, in order to exclude organic cases.
Results: The sample age was 12-19 years and averaged at (14.99), with a standard deviation of (1.53). The number of those who had psychiatric disorders was(154) and
(15.2%), while the number of those who didn't have any  psychiatric disorders was 860 and (84.8%), Anxiety disorders were the most common in the sample with a percentage of (6.8%), including Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) (2.2%), Social Phobia (2.1%), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)(0.8%), Specific Phobia (0.7%), Panic Disorder (0.7%), Single Panic Attack (0.2%), Anxiety Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (0.2%), Depressive Disorders (4.9%), which included Major Depression (2.2%), Minor Depression (1.7%), Dysthymia (1.3%); Adjustment Disorders (2.4%), Conduct Disorder (0.4%), Nightmares Disorder (0.2%) and Teeth-Grinding Disorder (0.2%), The GHQ results average value were 28.68%, with a standard deviation of (12.87). Positive results reached (91.3%), while negative ones reached (8.7%). There was an indicative increase in the GHQ results average value among the ill group, compared to the normal one, The Average value of the socioeconomic standard results was (65.14%), with a standard deviation of (16.88), The results average of Eysenck personality questionnaire hit (46.47), with a standard deviation of (6.26). The average results of the branch scales were: Lie: (14.7), with a standard deviation of (14.4), Neurosis: (13.65), with a standard deviation of (4.5),                                                   Extroversion: (12.24), with a standard deviation of (3.12), Psychosis: (5.8), with a standard deviation of (3.21).
Conclusion: Rate of psychiatricdisorders increased in Egyptian male adolescents in urban areas.