title: Reprint of: Social phobia and other psychiatric problems in children with strabismus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the rate of social phobia, anxiety, depression, and other psychiatric problems in children with strabismus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective, cross-sectional, case-control study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-two children with strabismus and 47 control subjects 8-13 years of age were enrolled in this study.
  
  
  METHODS
  After the ophthalmologist's examination, all cases were assessed by a psychiatrist based on the structured interview technique of Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Aged Children-Present and Lifetime Version (Kiddie-SADS-PL). The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) was administered to each subject to evaluate social phobia. All participants completed the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Age as well as sex and income were comparable between the strabismus patients and control groups. Social phobia was diagnosed in 8 (19.04%) of the 42 strabismic children and in 1 (2.12%) of the control subjects. The CDI and SCARED (total score, social phobia, separation anxiety) scores of strabismus patients were significantly higher than the control group (p = 0.001, p = 0.004, p = 0.0001, p = 0.05, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A relationship between strabismus in children and social phobia, depression, and anxiety on a symptom basis was underlined by our data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology. Electronic address: tongabay@superonline.com.
authors.forename: Tongabay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cumurcu
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry.
authors.forename: Birgul Elbozan
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Cumurcu
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology.
authors.forename: Soner
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demirel
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology.
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duz
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Porgalı
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology.
authors.forename: Selim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doganay