Characteristics of Patients Visiting the Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic: A 26-Year Study from North India

Autor/inn/en	Malhotra, Savita; Biswas, Parthasarathy; Sharan, Pratap; Grover, Sandeep
Titel	Characteristics of Patients Visiting the Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic: A 26-Year Study from North India
Quelle	In: Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 3 (2007) 3, S.53-60 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-1342
Schlagwörter	Psychiatric Services; Age; Epilepsy; Mental Retardation; Behavior Disorders; Psychiatry; Identification; Patients; Foreign Countries; Brain; Profiles; Children; Adolescents; Neurosis; Neurological Impairments; Clinical Diagnosis; Stress Variables; Psychosis; Hospitals; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychiatric care; Psychiatrische Versorgung; Alter; Lebensalter; Epilepsie; Geistige Behinderung; Psychiatrie; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Patient; Ausland; Gehirn; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Neurose; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Psychose; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Indien
Abstract	Aim: To study the sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients, who presented to the child and adolescent psychiatric services of a tertiary care centre over a 26-year period (1980-2005). Methodology: Data were abstracted retrospectively from detailed work up files of all subjects assessed in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Clinic during the mentioned period. Time trends were examined over 3-periods: 1980-1989 (Period I), 1990-1999 (Period II) and 2000-2005 (Period III). Results: Most of the individuals presenting to CAP clinic were boys (62.2%-63.5%), aged between 10 to 15 years (44.2%-63.4%). The common diagnoses were mental retardation (18.4%-33.2%), neurotic and stress related disorders (16.4%-18.5%), epilepsy and organic brain disorder (7.1%-15.1 %) and hyperkinetic and conduct disorders (8.3%-17.9%). There was a trend towards decrease in number of cases in younger age group (0-5 years) and those with diagnosis of mental retardation, epilepsy and organic brain disorder. There was a trend towards increase in number of cases in the older age group (10-15 years) and those with diagnosis of psychotic disorders, affective disorders, disorders of psychological development, and hyperkinetic and conduct disorders. Conclusion: Time trends reveal significant shifts in demographic and diagnostic profile of a CAP clinic of a tertiary care hospital. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. e-mail: jiacam@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jiacam.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10