ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Sriwanna Poolsuppasit

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Holistic Care for Thai Autism

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of Mental Health of Thailand, Vol.13, No.1, January 2005, Page 11.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Discovered just about 6 decades ago, autism had been classified as a brain-impairment ailment that delayed many aspects of child-developments such as verbal and social skills and sometimes caused repetitive behaviors. Although there were reports of prevalence of the diseas in may countries, there had been no official record of prevalence of autism in Thailand. Treatment was also limited in its scope and avilability. This study aimed to survey the prevalence of autism in Thailand in order to evaluate the situatuin and subsequently plan for effective treatment of the patients. Descriptive in its nature, this cross-sectional study applied survey method for data collection, which was conducted during December 2003-may 2004. Approximately thirty thousands children of one of five years of age were selected through a multi-stage stratified cluster sampling process. Children from the selected communities or "tambons" were chosen to represent their national cohorts. All of them were preliminarily assessed by health professionals and confirmed diagnosis by child-psychiatrists. The criteria applied for the screening and diagnostic procedure conformed to Diagnostic Statistics Manual for Mental disorder IV (DSMIV) standard of American Psychiatrists Association APA. It was found that 4.4 out of a thousand children were prone to be autism and when confirmed by DSMIV the prevalence rate equaled to 9.9 children per 10,000 populations. Based on this information, the Department of Mental Health strategized and planned for its holistic care delivery in 25 provinces scheduled to be operative in 2005.

Keywords: austism, prevalence, holistic care, psychiatry, autistic, child psychiatry

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2005

Address: Health technical office, Ministry of public Health

Code: 200500008

ISSN/ISBN: 2859-497-X

Country of publication: Thailand

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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