Abiodun O A
Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
East Afr Med J. 1992 Oct;69(10):557-9.
In a survey of 500 children aged between 5-15 years in a small rural community in Nigeria, 15.0% were found to suffer from mental morbidity. Disturbances of emotion and conduct disorder constituted 66.7% of total morbidity detected. Children from disrupted families (due to divorce, separation and widowhood) were found to be significantly more likely to suffer from psychiatric morbidity. The need to train primary health care worker and for them to work closely with families and school teachers in the provision of community mental health care services for children in the rural communities of developing countries was emphasized.
在对尼日利亚一个小乡村社区500名5至15岁儿童的调查中，发现15.0%的儿童患有精神疾病。情绪障碍和品行障碍占所检测到的总发病率的66.7%。来自破裂家庭（因离婚、分居和丧偶）的儿童被发现患精神疾病的可能性显著更高。强调需要培训初级卫生保健工作者，并让他们在为发展中国家农村社区的儿童提供社区精神卫生保健服务方面与家庭和学校教师密切合作。
