P01-198 - Features of Anxiety Disorders in Sample of Refered Cases to Mental Health Unit for Children and Adolescents Prizren

Abstract

Objectives

The main purposes of this work are: recognition of presence of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents referred to our unit; comparison with other disorders; their type and spread; age of symptoms beginning; age of referrals, eventual differences in gender; source of referral and the scale of drop-out.

Methods

Data are collected from 1110 our referred cases; evaluated and treated in our service 2001-2009 year. We use the retrospective method to review our work. Data processing is done with Excel program.

Results

From our 1110 referred cases assessed and treated in our unit we found 224 cases with one anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders occupied the first place with 20, 18% of all cases; 51, 33% are males and 48, 61% females. In 85 from 224 cases accounted starting time of symptoms and find age 12, 25 year.In the sample of 224 cases with anxiety disorders the most prevalent is ASD with 33%, GAD 18%, Panic disorder 11%, etc. In 39% of cases the source of referral are family doctors/GP. The percentage of drop-out is 63%, where approximately 42, 25% terminated assessment or treatment after the first session. In 31, 69% of cases we use one medicament.

Conclusions

Anxiety disorders are among the most presented disorders in our unit. More diagnosed cases are males than females. Age group 0-6 year remains after age groups 7-12 and 13-18 years. Acute stress disorders dominated Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder.