| The Clinical Study of Child Psychiatric Outpatients |
| 소아 정신과 외래환자의 임상적 고찰 |
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박영남 |
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| Abstract |
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The author studied retrospectively the clinical characteristics of 100 child psychiatric outpatients who made their first visit to Department of Neuropsychiatry, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University, from January 1983 to June 1985. The results were as follows;
1. There were significant differences of sex distribution among probands and the ratio between male and female was 2 ： 1.
2. The distributions of psychiatric disorders of probands were in following order ； Seizure disorder 25, Emotional disorder 20, Childhood psychosis 12, Attention deficit disorder 12，Sleep disorder 7, Mental retardation 6, Enuresis/Encopresis 6, Stereotyped movement disorder 4, Conduct disorder 3, Adjustment disorder 1, Dyslexia 1, Organic mental disorder 1，and No mental disorder 2.
3. There were some differences in the distribution of psychiatric disorders according to age and sex. Emotional disorder was more frequent among older age group and attention deficit disorder was more frequent among younger age group. While emotional disorder was more frequent in female, seizure disorder, chiJdhood pschosis, attention deficit disorder, sleep disorder, mental retardation, and conduct disorder were more frequent in male.
4. The duration of illness was varied widely among probands. It was over six months in 64 of 100 probands and within two weeks in 7 probands. Fifty one of 100 probands made only one visit and 25 probands had 5 or more visits to the clinic.
5. The distribution of sibling ordinal position of the probands was in order of last born, intermediate born and first born.
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