Respondents’ involvement in the assessment or care of children with mental health conditions
| Child or adolescent’s mental health condition | Level of respondent’s involvement* | ||
| Always/mostly N (%)† | Sometimes N (%) | Rarely/never N (%) | |
| ASD | 168 (76.4) | 35 (15.9) | 12 (5.5) |
| Intellectual disability | 137 (62.3) | 67 (30.5) | 8 (3.6) |
| Fetal alcohol syndrome | 122 (55.5) | 71 (32.3) | 20 (9.1) |
| ADHD | 113 (51.4) | 52 (23.6) | 45 (20.5) |
| Tourette syndrome | 69 (31.4) | 74 (33.6) | 59 (26.8) |
| Eating/feeding disorders | 43 (19.6) | 81 (36.8) | 80 (36.4) |
| Anxiety including obsessive compulsive disorder | 34 (15.5) | 87 (39.6) | 87 (39.6) |
| Attachment disorder | 33 (15.0) | 117 (53.2) | 54 (24.6) |
| Depression | 6 (2.7) | 65 (29.6) | 130 (59.1) |
| Psychosis and bipolar disorder | 5 (2.3) | 13 (5.9) | 166 (75.5) |
*Involvement defined as ‘awareness’ of such as case from direct clinical care for the child or involvement in multidisciplinary team discussion or supervision about the child.
†Arranged in order of prevalence for paediatricians’ involvement.
ADHD, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder; ASD, autism spectrum disorder.