Table 2.
Patient Analysis Sample: Pediatric Psychiatric Diagnoses by Age Group (2018-2020)
| Patient Age | 5-8 Years |
9-12 Years |
13-15 Years |
16-17 Years |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ped Psych Visits (N) | 1,713 | 3,608 | 4,958 | 3,813 | 14,092 |
| Diagnostic Categories (%) | |||||
| Schizophrenia/Psychotic | 0.53 | 1.72 | 2.44 | 3.83 | 2.40 |
| Depression | 2.16 | 17.90 | 35.90 | 38.47 | 27.89 |
| Bipolar/Other Mood | 4.09 | 8.51 | 11.82 | 12.59 | 10.24 |
| Anxiety/Fear-related | 11.73 | 22.03 | 35.28 | 43.46 | 31.24 |
| OCD-related | 0.76 | 1.08 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 1.60 |
| Trauma/Stress-related | 6.48 | 11.61 | 11.44 | 11.64 | 10.94 |
| Disruptive/Conduct | 10.45 | 13.91 | 12.95 | 9.70 | 12.01 |
| Personality-related | 0.47 | 0.53 | 1.19 | 1.84 | 1.11 |
| Eating/Feeding | 0.35 | 0.89 | 1.75 | 2.36 | 1.53 |
| Somatic | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.13 |
| Suicide/Intentional Self-Harm | 4.55 | 18.02 | 30.11 | 24.42 | 22.37 |
| Neurodevelopmental | 85.76 | 73.09 | 51.82 | 41.20 | 58.52 |
| Miscellaneous | 1.28 | 1.72 | 1.98 | 2.52 | 1.97 |
| Visits w/ Multiple Categories (%) | 17.28 | 39.27 | 52.56 | 52.58 | 44.88 |
Notes: Diagnostic categories are not mutually exclusive. The somatic category includes diagnosis such as hypochondria and factitious disorder. OCD = Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Ped = Pediatric, Psych = Psychiatric.