A Clinical Psychiatric Study of Non-Psychotic Young Adolescents.
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2009-10
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Background : Only a few clinical psychiatric studies have been done on adolescents in India.
Non-psychotic psychiatric disorders in Indian adolescents require greater clinical attention.
Aim: To clinically evaluate, diagnose and classify non-psychotic adolescents, aged 13 to 16
years, attending the child and adolescent psychiatry OPD. Methods and Material : 40 subjects
were assessed on Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia, Present and Lifetime
version (K-SADS-PL) or clinically for non-psychotic clinical psychiatric disorders. ‘Parent
Interview Schedule’ and ‘Interview Schedule for Children’ were used to assess abnormal
psychosocial situations, and Children’s Global Assessment Scale for psychosocial disability.
Subjects were diagnosed using ICD-10 DCR and ICD-10 multi-axial classification. Results:
Common adolescent non-psychotic psychiatric disorders found were mood disorders (27.5%),
conduct disorder (17.5%) and dissociative disorder (12.5%). 7.5% adolescents had a specific
disorder of psychological development. Abnormal psychosocial situations were present in 40%
of the adolescents. Nearly half the adolescents (47.5%) had moderate social disability. Comorbidity
was present in 17.5% adolescents. Conclusion :Common imparing psychiatric
disorders among young clinic adolescents were mood disorders, conduct disorders, and
dissociative disorders. More and larger studies in Indian general population and clinic settings
are needed in this age group.
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Adolescent, Non-psychotic psychiatric disorders
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Singh Indrapal, Agrawal Vivek, Sitholey Prabhat, Kumar Pankaj. A Clinical Psychiatric Study of Non-Psychotic Young Adolescents. Delhi Psychiatry journal. 2009 Oct; 12 (2): 269-273.