Psychiatric problems of children seen in an urban center of western India.
This paper outlines the types of problems seen in a child guidance clinic in Western India. An attempt is made to understand the emotional disorders in the context of major socio-psychological changes taking place in a social order passing through a transitional stage from a traditional agrarian structure to an industrial state.
D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002661:Child Guidance Clinics; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D003469:Culture; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012922:Social Change; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population