Psychiatric Disorders in a Paediatric Primary Care Clinic
Open Access
- 1 October 1994
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 165 (4) , 527-530
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.165.4.527
Abstract
Background: The proportion of children with psychiatric disorders treated in primary care is not known in most developing countries.Method: In a two-stage epidemiological study, 990 children aged between 7 and 14 years were screened with the parents' version of the Rutter scale. Of these, a stratified sample of 227 was interviewed jointly with their mothers, using the children's version of the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS).Results: We obtained a weighted prevalence of 19.6 ± 2.5% for the presence of one or more DSM-III-R disorders. Depressive disorders were present in 6.0%, anxiety-related disorders in 4.7%, and conduct disorders in 6.1%.Conclusion: Psychiatric disorders in children are common in primary care. Doctors working at this level of care need the skills to detect and treat them.Keywords
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