Fifty two outpatients, who showed signs of school-refusal-withdrawal at the Shiga Prefectural Psychiatric Institution have been analyzed according to their age, gender, ICD-10 diagnosis, medical evolution, and total number of consultations. A total of 61.5% of the population were male, and they showed a higher average and a wider range of age than female patients. According to the ICD-10 diagnosis, 67.3% were in the group of F40-48 neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders, and 11.5% were in the group of F30-39 mood [affective] disorders. Twenty five % of the patients were assumed to have show medical improvement, and 42.3% of the patients continued to have further consultations. This article discusses the possible role of psychiatric medical institutions in supporting cases of school-refusal and social-withdrawal.
School-refusal and Social-Withdrawal in the Clinical Setting at a Psychiatric Medical Institution
Shiga Mental Health and Welfare Center
Shiga Mental Health Medical Center
Shiga Mental Health Medical Center
Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica
109: 313-320, 2007
Accepted in revised form: 3 March 2007.
Accepted in revised form: 3 March 2007.
<Keywords:social-withdrawal, school-refusal, neurotic, stress-related somatoform disorders, ICD-I0 diagnosis>