Psychiatric disorders in Thai school-aged children: II Associated factors.

Background: Many factors have been studied and found to be associated with psychiatric disorders in children. In Thailand, some have been studied but they did not cover the wide range of important factors.

Method: A two-stage survey designed was used in a community sample of 1698 Grade 4 children randomly selected from 107 schools in Bangkok.

Psychiatric disorders in Thai school-aged children: I Prevalence.

Background: The prevalence of child psychiatric disorders has been studied in many countries. In Thailand, this was done ten years ago by using parent and teacher reported questionaires without interviewing the parent or the child.

Method: A two-stage survey design was used in a community sample of 1698 grade 4 school-children randomly selected from 107 schools in Bangkok.

Severe psychiatric disturbance and abnormalities of the corpus callosum: review and case series.

The association between developmental defects of the corpus callosum and major psychiatric disturbance is discussed with a review of published cases. Seven new cases are presented, of which four had clear psychotic symptoms, two receiving a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Of the remainder, one had a developmental disorder affecting social interaction and speech which could be classed as Asperger's syndrome, one had a personality disorder with depressive and conversion symptoms, and the last was an adolescent boy with severe behavioural problems.