Childhood mental disorders in primary health care: results of observations in four developing countries. A report from the WHO collaborative Study on Strategies for Extending Mental Health Care.
Pediatrics
; 68(5): 677-83, 1981 Nov.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7312471
To ascertain the frequency of mental disorders in Sudan, Philippines, India, and Columbia, 925 children attending primary health care facilities were studied. Rates of between 12% and 29% were found in the four study areas. The range of mental disorders diagnosed was similar to the encountered in industrialized countries. The research procedure involved a two-stage screening in which a ten-item "reporting questionnaire" constituted the first stage. The study has shown that mental disorders are common among children attending primary health care facilities in four developing countries and that accompanying adults (usually the mothers) readily recognize and report common psychologic and behavioral symptoms when these are solicited by means of a simple set of questions. Despite this, the primary health workers themselves recognized only between 10% and 22% of the cases of mental disorder. The result have been used to design appropriate brief training courses in childhood mental disorders for primary health workers in the countries participating in the study.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atenção Primária à Saúde
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Centros Comunitários de Saúde
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Transtornos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
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America do sul
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Asia
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Colombia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatrics
Ano de publicação:
1981
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos