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S Chaudhury1, P L Prasad2, R Zacharias3
1Professor & Head, (Psychiatry), Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry & Allied Sciences, Kanke, Ranchi - 834 006 (Jharkhand).
Background:
There is a paucity of Indian studies on psychiatric morbidity in children. Present work was undertaken in a child guidance clinic in armed forces.
Methods:
Retrospective analysis of 213 patients who attended a child guidance clinic was done.
Results:
Majority (n=138) were boys. 55.9% were referred from paediatric outpatient department while medical officers in periphery referred 38.5%. The diagnoses was mental retardation in 30.97%, behavioral and emotional disorders in 23.06% and neurotic, stress related and somatoform disorders in 15.98% cases.
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