The Need for Psychiatric Assessment in Children with Down Syndrome and Factors Affecting Their Use of Mental Health Services: A Cross-Sectional Study from Turkey
Table 3
Clinical variables of children associated with psychiatric assessment.
Variables
Median (n)
IQR (%)
Age at the first psychiatric assessment
4
2
Way of applying to the psychiatry clinic
Upon the parents’ demand
18
25
Referral from other pediatric clinics
45
62.5
Other
9
12.5
Reason for applying to the psychiatry clinic
To apply for a medical report which is needed to get “special education”
45
62.5
General psychiatric assessment
14
19.4
Psychiatric problems
10
13.9
Referral from other pediatric departments
3
4.2
Presence of any psychiatric concerns reported by caregivers at the first psychiatric assessment
Yes
37
51.4
No
35
48.6
Presence of any psychiatric diagnosis identified by a child psychiatrist
