The Retrospective Analysis of the Data of 1176 Autistic Children
- VernacularTitle:15年来1176例孤独症门诊病例回顾性分析
- Author:
Rusheng LIU
;
Xiaoling YANG
;
Yanqing GUO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
child psychiatry autistic disorder retrospective studies identification health education
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
1989;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To study the general characteristics of autistic children. Methods: The data of 1176 autistic children who were diagnosed in the Institute of Mental Health, Beijing Medical University was gathered, descriptive statistics were done with SPSS software. Results: As many as 35.10% of the autistic children are identified by their parents having problems in behavior until they were 3 years old. The average age of consulting was 60.61?26.8 months. Only 21.43% children were brought to child psychiatrists under the age of 3. They were brought to hospital 35.03?27.86 months after being discovered the symptoms.Conclusion:Health education for child autism should be strengthened so that it can be early identified.