Consecutive assessments identify psychiatric diagnoses and referral sources in children and adolescents, suggesting a need for better care.
Background: Child psychiatry is a specialized branch of psychiatry in which more research need to be focussed to provide in depth care.This gains more significance considering the fact that many of the psychiatricdisorders identified in the adults first appears in childhood and adolescence.Method: Consecutive new patients attending the child and adolescentclinic (CAC) at the Department of Psychiatry, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences were assessed for their psychiatric diagnosis, socio demographic details and pathway to care.Results: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Conduct disorder were the 2 most common diagnoses.Parents were the most common source of referral to the CAC.
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