Open AccessPrevalence of psychiatric disorders among 4 to 14 year age group children in slums of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation
Author(s) -
ET Suchithra,
Sara Vargheese,
TS Sudhiraj,
Zinia
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1458_21
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , marital status , logistic regression , demography , birth order , affect (linguistics) , odds , psychiatry , environmental health , population , psychology , sociology , communication
Failure of early identification and timely intervention of psychological disorders adversely affect the development of child to healthy adult. This study was done to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among 4-14 years age group children in urban slums as well as to find out the socio-demographic factors associated with it.