Psychiatric services for preschoolers: an emerging need.

Objective: To describe clinical presentation and service requirements for those under six years of age referred to a specialised child and adolescent psychiatry unit.

Method: This study used a retrospective review of preschoolers, six years and younger, assessed at a child, family and adolescent psychiatric unit (January 2006 to 31 December 2010). Data analysis established predominant diagnoses (prevalence percentages) and correlations and associations (diagnoses and a range of clinical variables - Fischer's exact test and chi-square test).

The shaking woman or a history of my nerves.

The shaking woman or a history of my nerves Siri Hustvedt 2010, Sceptre, London ISBN 978-0-340-99876-2.