Facts on Child and Adolescent Mental
Health in Bangladesh |
Children population
More than 45% population of Bangladesh is children and adolescents
Reports from the first community based epidemiological study on child psychiatric disorders
Prevalence of child psychiatric disorder 15.2% Prevalence of child psychiatric disorder in broad categories Anxiety disorders 8.1%
Heperkinesis 2.0%
Behavioural disorders 8.9%
Autistic spectrum disorders 0.2% Prevalence of specific child psychiatric disorder
Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) 1.5%
Specific phobia 1.0%
Social phobia 0.1%
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1.3%
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) 2.0%
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) 0.8%
Panic disorder 0.2%
Other anxiety disorder 2.5%
Hyperkinetic disorder (HKD) 2.0%
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) 5.9%
Conduct disorder (CD) 2.9%
Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) 0.2% Important Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Bangladesh BSM Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Paediatric Neurology & Child Development Centre
National Institute of Mental Health(NIMH),Dhaka• Child, Adolescent & Family Psychiatry Medical College Hospital • Dept. of Psychiatry, Paediatrics & Child Development Center
Combined Military Hospitals • Psychiatry services in Dhaka, Chittagong, Comilla, Rangpur, Bogra, & Jessore
• Child Development & Neurology
Institute of Child & Mother Health, Dhaka • Child development Centre
Institute of Child Health & Shishu Sasthya Foundation Hospital, Dhaka
• Child development Centre
ICDDR,B
• Child Development Unit in Dhaka
Community based services specially for Learning Disability & Autism At Government level - National Centre for Special Education
- Special school , vocational training and residential care in Dhaka
At Private level Society for the Welfare of the Intellectually Disabled (SWID) - • Special schools throughout the major cities
- Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation (BPF)
- • Special Schools, Vocational training, & Rehabilitation
- National Institute for Mentally Retarded Children
- • Special school and residential care in Chittagong
- Society for the Welfare of the Autistic Children (SWAC)
- • Special School, Parental counselling & education in Dhaka
- Autism Welfare Foundation (AWF)
- • Special School in Dhaka
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- Beautiful Mind
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- School for Gifted Children
- • 3 schools – 1 in Dhaka, 2 schools in Rajshahi
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