S Chaudhury1, P L Prasad2, R Zacharias3, T Madhusudan4, R Saini5. 1. Professor & Head, (Psychiatry), Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry & Allied Sciences, Kanke, Ranchi - 834 006 (Jharkhand). 2. Senior Advisor (Paediatrics), Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow. 3. Consultant (Paediatrics), Chandigarh. 4. Graded Specialist (Psychiatry), Command Hospital (Western Command), Chandimandir. 5. Graded Specialist (Psychiatry), Military Hospital, Jodhpur.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of Indian studies on psychiatric morbidity in children. Present work was undertaken in a child guidance clinic in armed forces. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 213 patients who attended a child guidance clinic was done. RESULTS: Majority (n=138) were boys. 55.9% were referred from paediatric outpatient department while medical officers in periphery referred 38.5%. The diagnoses was mental retardation in 30.97%, behavioral and emotional disorders in 23.06% and neurotic, stress related and somatoform disorders in 15.98% cases.
BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of Indian studies on psychiatric morbidity in children. Present work was undertaken in a child guidance clinic in armed forces. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 213 patients who attended a child guidance clinic was done. RESULTS: Majority (n=138) were boys. 55.9% were referred from paediatric outpatient department while medical officers in periphery referred 38.5%. The diagnoses was mental retardation in 30.97%, behavioral and emotional disorders in 23.06% and neurotic, stress related and somatoform disorders in 15.98% cases.
Authors: Robert S McKelvey; David L Sang; Loretta Baldassar; Lisa Davies; Lynne Roberts; Neil Cutler Journal: Med J Aust Date: 2002-10-21 Impact factor: 7.738