Uppfattningar om neuropsykiatriska diagnoser hos barn
HumanioraThe humanities - psychologyNeuropsychiatryDiagnosticValidityCriteriaChild psychiatric clinics
Children become diagnosed with neuropsychiatry diagnostic. The diagnostic of
children is critiqued from. The national board of health and welfare because
the child psychiatric clinics differ in the reliability of diagnostic. This is
a problem both in the same clinic and between clinics.
The purpose is to investigate if parents of children with neuropsychiatry
diagnostic consider that the diagnostic criteria were met when the child was
diagnosed. The method was first a pilot study with surveys and interviews. The
study was a telephone survey with parents of diagnosed children.
The result indicates that the parents didn?t experience that the diagnostic
criteria was met.
The discussion suggests that communication between parents, child psychiatry
and school needs to improve.