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School Phobic Children at Work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Hazel Baker  and
Ursula Wills
Hazel Baker
Affiliation:
North Birmingham Area Health Authority (Teaching) and Walsall Area Health Authority; Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
Ursula Wills
Affiliation:
Lichfield Child Guidance Clinic, Lichfield, Staffordshire
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Summary

Seventy-one school phobic children seen at a child guidance clinic were followed up after they had passed school leaving age. Their record in work and further education was compared with the length of time they were off school, whether or not they returned to school, and the occurrence of further psychiatric treatment after discharge from the clinic. It was found that whether or not the child returned to school and the length of time he was off school had no relationship to future performance at work or in further education. A significantly larger number of children receiving further psychiatric treatment after discharge from the clinic failed to reach their potential in work or further education. Adequate treatment of the underlying conditions appears to be more important than returning the child to school.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 135 , Issue 6 , December 1979 , pp. 561 - 564
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1979 

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