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Autor/in | Jayaprakash, R. |
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Titel | Clinical Profile of Children and Adolescents Attending the Behavioural Paediatrics Unit OPD in a Tertiary Care Set up |
Quelle | In: Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 8 (2012) 3, S.51-66 (16 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0973-1342 |
Schlagwörter | Profiles; Adolescents; Children; Pediatrics; Hospitals; Incidence; Behavior Problems; Family Relationship; Developmental Disabilities; Clinics; Foreign Countries; Psychiatry; India |
Abstract | Background: There are limited studies on the clinical profile of children attending child guidance clinic under Paediatric background. Aims: To study clinical profile of Children & adolescents attending the Behavioural Paediatrics Unit (BPU) OPD under department of Paediatrics in a tertiary care set up. Methods: Monthly average turnover in the OPD was calculated from the sample collected during the period from 1.06.2010 to 31.05.2011. The diagnostics was done using the ICD-10. Results: Totally 264 children attended the unit on an average in a month out of total 9750 children attended the parent Paediatrics OPD. Hospital based prevalence is 2.71%. There was male preponderance (63.63%) and majority of the children were in the age group of 6-12 years (60.98%). Developmental disorders (34.46%) were commonest, followed by externalizing disorders (34.09%), internalizing disorders (15.9%), somatoform disorders (12.12%) and miscellaneous group (15.15%). Dysfunctional type of family was noticed in 31.8%. (Contains 1 table and 5 charts.) (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 |