title: Psychiatric Morbidity Pattern in a Child Guidance Clinic.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is a paucity of Indian studies on psychiatric morbidity in children. Present work was undertaken in a child guidance clinic in armed forces.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective analysis of 213 patients who attended a child guidance clinic was done.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Majority (n=138) were boys. 55.9% were referred from paediatric outpatient department while medical officers in periphery referred 38.5%. The diagnoses was mental retardation in 30.97%, behavioral and emotional disorders in 23.06% and neurotic, stress related and somatoform disorders in 15.98% cases.
authors.affiliation: Professor & Head, (Psychiatry), Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry & Allied Sciences, Kanke, Ranchi - 834 006 (Jharkhand).
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaudhury
authors.affiliation: Senior Advisor (Paediatrics), Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.affiliation: Consultant (Paediatrics), Chandigarh.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zacharias
authors.affiliation: Graded Specialist (Psychiatry), Command Hospital (Western Command), Chandimandir.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Madhusudan
authors.affiliation: Graded Specialist (Psychiatry), Military Hospital, Jodhpur.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saini
keywords: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Child psychiatry; Mental retardation