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Introduction: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the development of 0-6 year old children with Denver II and to examine the factors affecting the results. Materials and Methods: The population of the descriptive and retrospective, in which the surveillance data were analyzed, consisted of 391 children who applied to healthy life center of district health directorate. SPSS 22.0 package program was used to analyze the data. The data was examined by using ANOVA, Kruskal- Wallis, Fisher's exact test and Pearson chi-square, p<0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: 49.9% of the participants in our study were girl, average age was 3.0±1.4 year and 100% was between 0-6 age. As a result of the study, 241 (61.6%) out of 391 children identified with DDST II have been found to be normal, 53 (13.6%) of them suspicious and 97 (24.8%) children are found to be abnormal. A statistically significant difference was found between the decrease in the education level of the parents, the fact that the mother was a housewife and the child's gender was male and the probability of abnormal DDST II results (p<0.05). Conclusion: In the study, it was determined that almost one fourth of the children showed abnormal development. It has been found that the education level of the mother and father, the mother's profession and the child's gender are effective in the development of the child. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: In this study, we aimed to investigate and compare the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of involuntary psychiatric inpatients and that of voluntary psychiatric inpatients. To our knowledge, there has been no study analyzing involuntary psychiatric hospitalization in our country. Methods: In this retrospective study, we included a total of 504 patients who were involuntarily or voluntarily hospitalized in Bolu Izzet Baysal Mental Health Hospital between 1st of May and 31st October 2010. The data were obtained from the hospital records. Results: In the 6-month period, 13.1% of 504 inpatients were hospitalized involuntarily The number of male patients who were involuntarily hospitalized was higher than female patients. Most of patients in the involuntary hospitalized group had primary school graduate, were not married and were not working at the time of the hospitalization. Schizophrenia was the most common diagnosis in involuntarily hospitalized psychiatric patients and these patients needed longer stay in the hospital. The next hospitalization of the involuntary patients was mostly involuntary. Conclusion: Most of involuntary hospitalized psychiatric inpatients were male, were not working, and had the diagnosis of schizophrenia. These general psychiatric risk factors were more important in involuntary hospitalization compared with voluntary hospitalization. We concluded that, high prevalence of involuntary hospitalization deserved further studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]