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COMORBIDITY IN CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION

This study was conducted in the child psychiatry unit of a tertiary psychiatric hospital. 60 patients diagnosed to have mental retardation according to ICD-10 (WHO, 1992) criteria constituted the study sample. A psychiatric disorder was present in 56.17% of the cases, and a medical disease was prese...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Khess, Christoday R.J., Dutta, Indrani, Chakrabarty, Indrani, Bhattacharya, Piyali, Das, Jnanamay, Kothari, Sonia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2966605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21494486
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Sumario:This study was conducted in the child psychiatry unit of a tertiary psychiatric hospital. 60 patients diagnosed to have mental retardation according to ICD-10 (WHO, 1992) criteria constituted the study sample. A psychiatric disorder was present in 56.17% of the cases, and a medical disease was present in 35.0%. Only 13.3% cases had both a psychiatric as well as medical illness. Patients with a psychiatric illness were found to have a lesser degree of retardation. The commonest psychiatric disorder observed was behavioural and emotional disorders, while the commonest medical illness found was epilepsy. Patients with a medical illness were found to have a negative family history for a mental illness, and were much younger at the first consultation compared to the patients with a psychiatric illness. The above findings have been discussed, with emphasis on issues like dual diagnosis and diagnostic overshadowing.