PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN - AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY1

An epidemiological study was conducted in Madurai to assess the prevalence of psychiatric problems in school children using Rutter B Scale. After screening 755 children by Rutter B Scale, 207 children were subjected to clinical evaluation and parental interview. Psychiatric morbidity was found to be...

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Autor principal: Deivasigamani, T.R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1990
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927463
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description An epidemiological study was conducted in Madurai to assess the prevalence of psychiatric problems in school children using Rutter B Scale. After screening 755 children by Rutter B Scale, 207 children were subjected to clinical evaluation and parental interview. Psychiatric morbidity was found to be 33.7%. The prevalence rate for (Afferent disorders were as follows: Conduct disorder 11.1%; Enuresis 14.3%; Hyperkinetic Syndrome 1.7%; Mental retardation 2.9%. Low intelligence, lower socio-econemic status and lack of parental involvement in children's studies were significantly related to psychiatric morbidity. The Rutter B Scale is an useful screening instrument in epidemiological surveys.
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spelling pubmed-29901722011-09-16 PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN - AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY1 Deivasigamani, T.R. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article An epidemiological study was conducted in Madurai to assess the prevalence of psychiatric problems in school children using Rutter B Scale. After screening 755 children by Rutter B Scale, 207 children were subjected to clinical evaluation and parental interview. Psychiatric morbidity was found to be 33.7%. The prevalence rate for (Afferent disorders were as follows: Conduct disorder 11.1%; Enuresis 14.3%; Hyperkinetic Syndrome 1.7%; Mental retardation 2.9%. Low intelligence, lower socio-econemic status and lack of parental involvement in children's studies were significantly related to psychiatric morbidity. The Rutter B Scale is an useful screening instrument in epidemiological surveys. Medknow Publications 1990 /pmc/articles/PMC2990172/ /pubmed/21927463 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN - AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY1
title PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN - AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY1
title_full PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN - AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY1
title_fullStr PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN - AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY1
title_full_unstemmed PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN - AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY1
title_short PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN - AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY1
title_sort psychiatric morbidity in primary school children - an epidemiological study1
topic Original Article
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