School refusal: clinical features and treatment outcome.
A retrospective study of 27 consecutive child-patients seen at the Child Psychiatric Clinic from 1976-81 for school refusal showed that there were more boys than girls with the condition. Students of all school grades were represented. The majority of them were of normal IQ. More of them complained of somatic symptoms than of psychological symptoms. 16 out of the 27 patients attended school successfully after treatment. Of the the 11 who failed to attend school, 9 were aged 10 and above and 3 of these 9 patients later exhibited psychotic symptoms. Of the 16 who returned to school, 8 of them did so within 8 weeks of treatment.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012846:Singapore