[Comparative description of the clientele of an educational psychotherapeutic home for children with behavior...

Two groups of children who were taken in care during two different periods (each of five years) by a psychotherapeutic institution are compared in respect to the multi-axial classification system and demographic variables. Each group consists of 80 children. Comparisons were made to check propagated preconceived ideas about aggravation of clientele. The number of social behavior disorders, of specific developmental retardation, social and familial adversities, age by residential placement, level of intelligence did not change. Significant decrease was found in the number of earlier non-familial placement, significant increase in the number of children with minimal brain dysfunction. The findings are discussed and the necessity of basic documentation accentuated.