Evaluation of the children and adolescents taking health care measure in terms of mental health

Abstract

In addition to social problems, children are exposed to neglect and abuse in various ways due to developmental periods or many problems in family and social relations. The negative consequences of this abuse and neglect, affect not only one’s self but also society, social organizations, legal systems, education system and business areas. Therefore, it is important to know child profile which is decided to take health care measure. In this retrospective, observational study, data including demographic information, reasons for taking health care measures, diagnoses after psychological evaluation and termination of the injunction decision of children who were taken health care measure and referred to a child adolescent mental health professional, were scanned and recorded. The total number of children included in the study was 66. There was no statistically significant difference in terms of gender. It is seen that the most frequent first-reference hospital was the central hospital and the injunction was increased every year; the most common reason was the protection of physical and mental health; 59% of the cases were not diagnosed; 39.3% were terminated later and the most termination reason was to be 18-year-old. The studies to be carried out with prospective, multicentre, large patient groups are needed in order to determine the drift rates of children by examining the health measures and to establish the cause-effect relationship.