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Identifying children with mental handicap in new referrals to a community child and family service

St David's Hospital, Carmarthen, Dyfed SA31 3HB (formerly Registrar in Psychiatry, Brynffynnon Child and Family Service, Pontypridd Mid Glamorgan CF27 4DD)

Clinical experience suggested that between one tenth and one fifth of new referrals to a county-wide child and family service were referrals of children who had mental handicap. The purpose of this project was to establish the proportion prospectively with the clinical assessment used routinely by the service.