PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN CHILDERN REPORTING AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Authors

  • Abdul Ghani Khan Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Childern Health, Karachi - Pakistan.
  • Sajida Abdul hussein University of Leicester UK & Honorary Clinical Psychologist NICH
  • S. Zafar Haider Department of Psychiatry, JMPC, Karachi - Pakistan.
  • Musarrat Hussain Department of Psychiatry, JMPC, Karachi - Pakistan.

Keywords:

Child psychiatry, Mental health, Disruptive behaviour

Abstract

Objective: The study is designed to assess the psychiatric morbidity in childern reporting at psychiatry OPD, of National Institute of Childern Health (NICH), Karachi.

Study Design: Simple descriptive study

Patients & Methodology: All consective patients who reported in child psychiatry clinic were enrolled in this study if they fulfilled the inclusion criteria having age of 3 years to 15 year of either sex. Cases excluded in the study were psychiatric presentation associated with physical illness and symptoms related excluded in the study were psychiatric presentation associated with physical illness and symptoms relatedto drug side effects. 

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Published

2009-06-18

How to Cite

Ghani Khan, A., Abdul hussein, S., Haider , S. Z., & Hussain, M. (2009). PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN CHILDERN REPORTING AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL. Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences (JDUHS), 3(2), 78–81. Retrieved from https://jduhs.jduhs.duhs.edu.pk/index.php/jduhs/article/view/1327

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2

Section

Original Articles

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Copyright (c) 2021 Abdul Ghani Khan, Sajida Abdul hussein, S. Zafar Haider

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