A Study on the Mental Health Status of Children Living in Orphanages in Kashmir
Abstract: Background The number of orphans in Kashmir has risen over a period of two and a half decades so has the number of orphanages. The children living in orphanages develop psychiatric morbidity which usually remains neglected. Methodology A cross sectional study design was adopted and the study was conducted in orphanages in 6 randomly selected districts of Kashmir during April 2014 - March 2015. Assessment of factors that might be associated with psychiatric morbidity in the defined population was also carried out. Results Among 450 children, 38 % suffered from psychiatric morbidity. Of these, 33.3 % had attention problems, 23.75 % were depressed and 21.4 % suffered from anxiety as per the Child Behaviour Check-List. The age (p value
Keywords: Mental health, orphans, orphanage, psychiatric morbidity
How to Cite?: Dar Sameena, Kaul Rauf, Tabish SA, Khan AW, "A Study on the Mental Health Status of Children Living in Orphanages in Kashmir", Volume 5 Issue 10, October 2016, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1129-1134, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=11101602, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/11101602