Open AccessPattern of childhood psychiatric disorders in Port Harcourt, Niger-Delta region of Nigeria (January 1999 - December 2002)
Author(s) -
PC Stanley,
AU Eneh,
AA Essien
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v14i1.37141
Subject(s) - psychiatry , anxiety , port harcourt , mental health , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychosis , medicine , psychosocial , prevalence of mental disorders , psychology , socioeconomics , sociology
Psychiatric disorders in children are uncommon but remain a great source of anxiety to parents. In view of the paucity of such studies in Eastern Nigeria, this study has become imperative.