title: Child psychiatric disorders among primary mental health service attenders.
abstract: The aim of this study was to establish the range of psychiatric disorders and psychiatric comorbidity among children and adolescents attending a primary mental health service (PMHS). The main psychiatric diagnostic categories were: oppositional defiant disorders (ODDs) (75.3%), anxiety disorders (36.1%), mood disorders (35.1%), and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHDs) (28.9%). The study found high rates (61.8%) of psychiatric comorbidity. It concludes that training in the recognition of likely psychiatric comorbidity in this population is essential for professionals working in the interface between primary and specialist services.
authors.affiliation: Greenwood Institute, University of Leicester. jon.arcelus@nottingham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arcelus
authors.forename: Panos
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vostanis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology