Table 2.
Detailed clinical variables in children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders in Sbrana Psychiatric Hospital Lobatse, Botswana, January 2012 to July 2016
| Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Disorders | 120 (100) |
| Externalizing disorders | 43 (35.8) |
| Internalizing disorders | 7 (5.8) |
| Other disorders | 70 (58.3) |
| Past psychiatric history | 120 (100) |
| Absent | 24 (20) |
| Present | 96 (80) |
| Past medical history | 120 (100) |
| Absent | 109 (90.8) |
| Present | 11 (9.2) |
| Psychiatric co-morbidity | 120 (100) |
| Absent | 51 (42.5) |
| Present | 69 (57.5) |
| Physical/medical comorbidity | 120 (100) |
| Absent | 106 (83.3) |
| Present | 14 (11.7) |
| Mode of care | 120 (100) |
| In-patient | 31 (25.8) |
| Out-patient | 89 (74.2) |
| Prescribing pattern | 120 (100) |
| Monotherapy | 85 (70.8) |
| Poly-therapy | 35 (29.2) |