title: [Sociodemographic characteristics and mental disorders in children and adolescents psychiatric outpatient clinic children of Medellin].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mental disorders in the world affecting 15% to 30% in children and adolescents, altering its function and emotional, cognitive and social. Affect interpersonal relationships, school performance and increased substance use and the risk of suicide.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  describe the social-demographic characteristics and mental disorders of children and adolescents of psychiatric consultation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective descriptive study that analyzed all the histories of children and adolescents of both sexes from 5 to 16 years who attended for the first time outpatient psychiatry university clinic of Medellin, from July 2010 to July 2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We studied 197 patients, the average age was 11±3.5 years, male sex was the most common 69%, 46.2% belonged to nuclear family. The most prevalent psychiatric disorders were 44.2% ADHD, depressive disorders 9.1% and 8.1% TOC. 61% had psychiatric comorbidity, the most frequent was oppositional defiant disorder with ADHD 35.6%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The frequency of mental disorders and comorbidities found in this study were similar to those reported by other researchers.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia. Electronic address: moralesricardo@une.net.co.
authors.forename: Carmenza
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ricardo-Ramírez
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
authors.forename: Matilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Álvarez-Gómez
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
authors.forename: María de los Ángeles
authors.initials: Mde L
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Gázquez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: Adolescent; Adolescentes; Child; Diagnosis; Diagnóstico; Mental disorders; Niños; Trastornos mentales