Childhood Behaviour Disorders and the Child‐guidance Clinic: An Epidemiological Study

Review of 100 Unselected Child Guidance Clinic Referrals

“…the children who at tended the clinic only once. It is interesting to note that Shepherd et al [1966], in their study of 50 child guidance clinic children and a group of children matched by age, sex and behaviour reported that 'approximately two thirds of both groups had improved over 2-year period'. These au thors concluded: 'On the basis of this study, then, we would suggest that many so-called disturbances of behaviour are no more than temporary ex aggerations of widely distributed reaction patterns.…”

Factors associated with mental health, general health, and school-based service use for child psychopathology.

“…Prior 11,[18][19][20][22][23][24] and rural-urban residence.8 The nature of the child's illness also determines the likelihood of receiving services and the selection of service settings. Disruptive behaviors, such as delinquency and aggression, are treated more often than emotional problems such as anxiety.5"0"15"16 '23,25 Impaired role functioning and illness severity have been found to predict service use independently of symptom pattern or diagnosis.…”

Élaboration d’une hypothèse épidémiologique à partir des problèmes rencontrés dans des familles québécoises lors de consultations pédopsychiatriques

“…Shepherd et al (1966) Cette étude ne permet certes pas d'affirmer que les enfants référés en pédopsychiatrie sont semblables à ceux de la population générale, mais elle permet d'affirmer qu'il existe dans la population générale bon nombre d'enfants dont les troubles de comportement sont les mêmes que ceux des enfants référés en pédopsychiatrie.…”