title: Psychiatric disorders in a paediatric primary care clinic.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The proportion of children with psychiatric disorders treated in primary care is not known in most developing countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a two-stage epidemiological study, 990 children aged between 7 and 14 years were screened with the parents' version of the Rutter scale. Of these, a stratified sample of 227 was interviewed jointly with their mothers, using the children's version of the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  We obtained a weighted prevalence of 19.6 +/- 2.5% for the presence of one or more DSM-III-R disorders. Depressive disorders were present in 6.0%, anxiety-related disorders in 4.7%, and conduct disorders in 6.1%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Psychiatric disorders in children are common in primary care. Doctors working at this level of care need the skills to detect and treat them.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012494:Sampling Studies