Demographic and clinical characteristics of children seeking psychiatric services in the Nile Delta region: an observational retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Epidemiological studies, describing both community and clinical samples of youth in need for psychiatric help, are rare in the middle east. To our knowledge, this is the first study that aims to investigate the demographic and clinical characteristics of a sample of children suffering from emotional and behavioral problems seeking psychiatric services in the Nile Delta region and the largest clinical sample to date in Egypt.

Methods

The files of all new cases who presented for care in the outpatient service for children and adolescents between August 2016 and July 2018 were reviewed. Ninety-six files were excluded due to missing data while another 18 files were found to be for adults (ages > 18 years old), so the sample included 886 cases.

Results

The ages

SUBMITTER: Seleem MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6806528 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature