Co-occurrence of psychiatric disorders in child psychiatric patients and nonpatients: A circumplex model

This study of 106 preadolescent psychiatric inpatients, 101 preadolescent psychiatric outpatients, and 101 preadolescent nonpatients examined the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and co-occurrence of psychiatric diagnoses. The inpatients and outpatients had significantly more co-occurring diagnos...

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Published in:Comprehensive psychiatry 1989-07, Vol.30 (4), p.275-282
Main Authors: Pfeffer, Cynthia R., Plutchik, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Borderline Personality Disorder - complications
Child
Child Behavior Disorders - complications
Child Behavior Disorders - diagnosis
Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - complications
Depressive Disorder - complications
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Illness and personality
Male
Mental Disorders - complications
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Neurocognitive Disorders - complications
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Schizophrenia - complications
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Summary:This study of 106 preadolescent psychiatric inpatients, 101 preadolescent psychiatric outpatients, and 101 preadolescent nonpatients examined the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and co-occurrence of psychiatric diagnoses. The inpatients and outpatients had significantly more co-occurring diagnoses than the nonpatients. For a given diagnosis there are varying frequencies of co-occurring disorders. The similar structure and prevalence among co-occurring diagnoses in this sample of children fit a circumplex model in which variation among disorders appears to be continuous in the form of a closed circle.
ISSN:0010-440X
1532-8384
DOI:10.1016/0010-440X(89)90051-5