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CHILDREN IN UGANDA: RATES OF BEHAVIOURAL DEVIATIONS AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN VARIOUS SCHOOL AND CLINIC POPULATIONS
Author(s) -
Minde Klaus K.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1977.tb00414.x
Subject(s) - psychiatry , outpatient clinic , psychology , child and adolescent psychiatry , clinical psychology , pediatrics , medicine
SUMMARY A total survey of psychiatric symptoms of primary school children attending three schools in economically distinct areas of Uganda was made. The symptoms were compared with those displayed by primary school aged children committed to a reform school and patients attending a child psychiatric outpatient clinic in the same country. Results indicate that high and low scoring school children and reform school children have different family backgrounds. There was good correlation between parent and teachers in identifying disturbed youngsters and characteristic diagnostic patterns of school and clinic children. The significance of these findings is discussed in terms of the role child psychiatry may play in developing countries.