STUDY ON THE PREVALENCE OF BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS IN FAMILY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Abstract:
Hospitalized children often have mental health problems which can significantly interfere with
any stage of medical care protocol, from diagnosis to treatment. This fact supports the need for
psychological screening in order to identify patients with emotional and behavioral disorders; an
evaluation that can take place during an ordinary GP physical consultation. In this context we proposed
a research which aimed to investigate the mental health problems of children that presented to the
family physicians with health complains. The study involved children from two age groups: N = 88 aged
1.5-5 years and N = 218 aged 6-11 years whose behavior was rated by their parents/teachers.
Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment was used to assess children’s behavior.
The obtained results sustain the importance of including the screening type mental health assessment in
the protocol of family medical care
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