Table 2 Detailed clinical variables in children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders in Sbrana Psychiatric Hospital Lobatse, Botswana, January 2012 to July 2016
Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
Disorders | 120 (100) |
Externalizing disorders | 43 (35.8) |
Internalizing disorders | 7 (5.8) |
Other disorders | 70 (58.3) |
Past psychiatric history | 120 (100) |
Absent | 24 (20) |
Present | 96 (80) |
Past medical history | 120 (100) |
Absent | 109 (90.8) |
Present | 11 (9.2) |
Psychiatric co-morbidity | 120 (100) |
Absent | 51 (42.5) |
Present | 69 (57.5) |
Physical/medical comorbidity | 120 (100) |
Absent | 106 (83.3) |
Present | 14 (11.7) |
Mode of care | 120 (100) |
In-patient | 31 (25.8) |
Out-patient | 89 (74.2) |
Prescribing pattern | 120 (100) |
Monotherapy | 85 (70.8) |
Poly-therapy | 35 (29.2) |