IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-7-4-15095 Original Research Paper A Clinic based Descriptive Study of Childhood Mental Disorders according to DSM-5 Avik Chakraborty Dr. April 2018 7 4 01 02 ABSTRACT

Study of prevalence pattern of mental disorder in children based on DSM–5 is limited. This study aimed to measure proportion of different mental disorder in children (1–12yrs). It is a retrospective, Hospital based, cross sectional, descriptive study. Most common diagnoses are Intellectual Developmental Disorder & ADHD. This study suffer due to limited sample size and from poor generalisablity.