dc.contributor.author | Wakube, Aurelius W | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-23T13:51:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-23T13:51:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1983 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/24982 | |
dc.description.abstract | The study was undertaken to determine the pattern of
psychiatric disorders in children attending the Kenyatta National
Hospital Child Psychiatric Clinic. A total of seventy-one
children were seen over a seven months period. The diagnosis of
each child was presented according to the multi - axial
classification of Child psychiatric disorders in relation to the
Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases
(I C D - 9), section five. The results revealed a female to male
ratio of 1:1.15, an age range of four years to fifteen years and
a duration of symptoms of less than one year among 58% of the
children seen. The commonest symptom was fainting attacks. The
most frequent clinical psychiatric syndromes were neurotic disorders
and conduct disorders which accounted for 47% and 21% of all the
diagnoses respectively. 18% of the children had evidence of a
developmental disorder while 30% were mentally retarded. 32% of the
children had an associated medical condition the most frequent of which
was epilepsy. Abnormal psychosocial factors were present in 70%
of the children. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | The pattern of child psychiatric disorders as seen at Kenyatta National Hospital | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
local.publisher | Department of Paediatrics | en |