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Life Events in a South Indian Population and Their Association With Psychiatric Disorder in Children

Richard Hackett

Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Road, Oldham OL1 2JH

Latha Hackett

Winnicott Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL

Preetha Bhakta

Dr. Reddy's Foundation for Human and Social Development, 6-3-668/10/ 77, Dudganagar Colony, Punchagutta, Hyderabad 500082, Andra Pradesh, India

Simon Gowers

Pine Lodge Academic Unit, 79 Liverpool Road, Chester CH2 1AW

Western research suggests that life events contribute to childhood psychiatric disorder but no studies have examined this in developing countries. During a population-based study of 1403 8-12 year old children in Kerala, South India, a life events schedule was administered to parents of children with ICD10 psychiatric disorders (n = 72) and controls.

Life events were associated with lower social class, greater poverty, less educated parents, worse physical health and psychiatric disorder. Multivariate analysis confirmed the association of life events with psychiatric disorder, independent of indices of social adversity.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 46, No. 3, 201-207 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/002076400004600306
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