Estimate of mental ill health in children of an urban community

Lal, Narottam; Bb, Sethi

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“…The investigators do not mention emotional disorders. Lal & Sethi (1977) in their study of 272 children aged up to 12 years in the north Indian city of Lucknow found a prevalence of emotional symptoms of 3.7%, hyperkinetic syndrome of 2.2% and conduct symptoms of 2.2%. Their diagnostic criteria and instrumentation were not described.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…Of the population studies that found no sex differences in the distribution of psychiatric disorder, two were small and lacked methodological sophistication (Lal & Sethi, 1977;Verghese & Beig, 1974), but the study of Kasmini et al (1993) was rigorous. Luk et al (1991), in their study of pre-school children found a male excess in all diagnostic categories.…”

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Child psychiatry across cultures

Hackett

1999

International Review of Psychiatry

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The mental health of children in developing countries is important but underexplored. Methodological problems of prevalence studies in this ® eld include the use of case de® nitions and disability criteria developed in theWest and the assumption that dimensions of disorder and thresholds for reporting problems are similar to European and North American populations. School, clinic and population-based prevalence studies conducted in developing countries report a diversity of prevalence rates but the absence of methodological uniformity prevents useful comparisons. In addition to social, demographic and academic associations of child psychiatric disorder in developing countries, the relevance of malnutrition, tropical infections and adverse perinatal factors is reviewed.The implications of research ® ndings for service provision are discussed.

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Child psychiatry across cultures

Hackett

1999

International Review of Psychiatry

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“…Various studies from developing countries including India show that a significant percentage (ranging between 7-35%) of child and adolescent population suffers from mental illness. [1][2][3][4][5] Psychiatric problems in children in India are rising and only a small number of cases present in psychiatric OPD mainly due to sparse mental health services, stigma and less awareness to psychiatric problems. So, large number of cases remains unreported.…”

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Clinical profile of child and adolescent patients attending a mental hospital OPD

Solanki

Rastogi

2017

Int J Res Med Sci

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Background: Psychiatric morbidity profile of children and adolescents is very different from that of adults. These problems are rising but largely remain unreported. Very few studies have been carried out in this specialty of psychiatry.Methods: In this retrospective file review study, all child and adolescent patients attending the general psychiatry out-patient between January-August 2014 in a city of central India. Semi-structured socio-demographic and clinical profile collection performa and international classification of diseases-10 (ICD-10) were used as tool and statistical analysis was done by using SPSS 16.Results: The results showed that among total 2544 children presented during study period, 175 children (6.8%) had psychiatric morbidity. Most of them were in the age group of 11-16 years, from middle income group, illiterate, Hindu by religion and residing in urban locality. No significant sexual preference was found regarding distribution of the disorders. Mental retardation was commonest (n=112; 64%), without (n=42; 24%) and with co-morbidities (epilepsy n=42; 24%, behavioural disturbance n= 28; 16%) found to be the most prevalent disorder followed by epilepsy (7%), ADHD (5.7%), schizophrenia and other psychosis (5.7%), depression (4%) and autism 1.1% and then others.Conclusions: Mental and psychiatric services for children lag behind those for adults in developing countries. Also, a community based study can be a better study design in future.

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“…Whereas, the surveys that have mentioned about child psychiatric disorders have reported a wide variation in the prevalence rates in both rural and urban setting and also in school children. [8][9][10][11][12] Studies in several countries across three continents have repeatedly shown that young offenders have higher rates of psychiatric morbidity than youths in the community. Although findings of these studies vary, most recent studies have found that 65%-85% of youths in correctional facilities have a major psychiatric diagnosis, with 31%-45% having a substance use disorder.…”

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A cross sectional study of psychiatric morbidity in juvenile boys admitted in an observation home

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Background: It is estimated that 10-20% of children and adolescents are affected annually by psychiatric problems. Studies in several countries across three continents have repeatedly shown that young offenders have higher rates of psychiatric morbidity than youths in the community. Given the growth of juvenile delinquent population, epidemiologic data on their psychiatric evaluation is becoming increasingly important. Thus, to study the psychiatric morbidity in juvenile delinquent boys in an observation home was undertaken.Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in an observation home for boys. Study was approved by the institutional ethics committee. Prior to conducting the study, informed written consent was sought from the superintendent of observation home for boys. The study sample consists of 50 boys from the observation home aged between 6-16 years. Boys from observation home for whom responsible legal authority gave permission were included in the study.Results: Prevalence of individual psychiatric disorders was as follows: conduct disorder 23 (46%), anxiety disorder 05(10%), oppositional defiance disorder 04 (08%), mild mental retardation 03 (06%), depression 02 (04%), psychosis 01(02%), adjustment disorder 01(02%), disorders of emotions and conduct 01 (02%). In our study prevalence of psychiatric disorder was more common in juveniles under conflict of law (19 out of 20) than juveniles under care and protection (25 out of 30).Conclusions: Initial screening of juveniles in observation home by expert mental health care professionals is needed for the rational management of psychiatric morbidity and enhancement of their development towards productive adulthood and productive integration into the general society.

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Estimate of mental ill health in children of an urban community

Cited by 33 publications

References 4 publications

Child psychiatry across cultures

Child psychiatry across cultures

Clinical profile of child and adolescent patients attending a mental hospital OPD

A cross sectional study of psychiatric morbidity in juvenile boys admitted in an observation home

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