A study on psychiatric conditions in children with school refusal- A clinic based study.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 37025218.
- Also identified by DOI 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1200_22 and PMC identifier 10071931.
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Abstract
School refusal is a broad term that encompasses a child-motivated refusal to attend or remain at school, or a clear and apparent difficulty in doing so. Different factors that may influence the development of school refusal include a genetic predisposition, the home and family environment, the school environment, and social pressures. the present study aimed at examining, the psychiatric diagnostic status of children and adolescents who presented with school refusal. 92 consecutive subjects who attended the Child guidance clinic at Tata Main Hospital Jamshedpur were taken up for this study. The Clinical Diagnosis was based on the classificatory system of the International classification of diseases-10(ICD-10) through interviews. findings show that the mean age of the patient was 9.6 years. The prominent psychiatric co-morbidity present was Childhood emotional disorder unspecified, separation anxiety, conversion disorder, over-anxiety disorder, and somatoform disorder. Among children who refuse school, emotional reasons and anxiety disorders are most prevalent. This calls for early recognition and appropriate culturally relevant intervention to ensure early return to school.