期刊名称：Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
电子版ISSN：0973-1342
出版年度：2012
卷号：8
期号：3
页码：46-50
出版社：Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
摘要：Children and adolescents constitute about 40% of population of our country. About12.5% children suffer from psychiatric disorders [1]. Besides them there are otherchildren also who do not fulfill the criteria for disorder but have symptoms of poormental health and require help [2, 3]. Children not only suffer from developmentaldisorders like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, pervasive developmentaldisorders, Mental retardation, learning disorders also, most of the adult disorders likeanxiety disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder have onset in adolescence in about 50%of people [4]. Problems of substance abuse and suicide are increasing in adolescents [5].Developing countries have certain risk factors which lead to more problems in children,like socioeconomic deprivation which lead to reduced access to education, child labor.Neurobiological risk factors like perinatal insult to brain, brain infections, nutritionaldeficiencies, chronic poor physical health and disruption in family functioning, affectcognitive and language development of children. Also, children living in conflict zonelike Kashmir are more at risk for developing psychiatric disorders
