Also, it is a non-specific measure that does not discriminate between types of mental disorder nor does it provide for precise clinical diagnoses.
However, because it was retrospective, some cases have been missed, and the reliability of diagnoses made by primary-care physicians may have been low.
The high total number of diagnoses demonstrates the degree of overlap with psychiatric disorders in this group.
A total of 2321 diagnoses were assigned to the 1301 respondents with at least one disorder.
Data were extracted by two independent investigators and included demographic variables, diagnoses, interventions, efficacy, and adverse effects.
Suspected druginduced psychosis, affective psychoses and dual diagnoses are included.
The predominant diagnoses of the hospitalized adolescents were mood or disruptive behavior disorders.
Table 1 shows the postoperative diagnoses and procedures performed in the 110 patients who underwent arthroscopy.
