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Khanna R, Singh BM. Diagnostic characteristics of child psychiatric service utilizers. Indian J Psychiatry. 1994;36(2):88-90
Khanna, R., & Singh, B. M. (1994). Diagnostic characteristics of child psychiatric service utilizers. Indian journal of psychiatry, 36(2), 88-90.
Khanna, R, and Singh, B M. "Diagnostic characteristics of child psychiatric service utilizers." Indian journal of psychiatry vol. 36,2 (1994): 88-90.
Khanna R, Singh BM. Diagnostic characteristics of child psychiatric service utilizers. Indian J Psychiatry. 1994 Apr;36(2):88-90. PMID: 21743676; PMCID: PMC2972466.
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Indian J Psychiatry. 1994 Apr;36(2):88-90.

Diagnostic characteristics of child psychiatric service utilizers.

Indian journal of psychiatry

R Khanna, B M Singh

Affiliations

  1. Rakesh Khanna, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, In-charge Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke, Ranchi - 834 006.

PMID: 21743676 PMCID: PMC2972466

Abstract

Sex, age and diagnostic characteristics of a consecutive series of first contact children seen over a period of one year at a psychiatric center was analyzed Most of (he referrals were for male adolescents. "No diagnosis on Axis I" was quite common, especially in the younger age group; most of them had mental retardation. "Hysteria " was uncommon, and this was the only category which was slightly more common in girls. Manic depressive psychosis was the most common disorder among adolescents.

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