Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : Comparative data collected in three child psychiatric services were drawn from standardized documents. Only the clinical, etiological, and therapeutic aspects of the cases studied form the subject of this quantified study and its theoretical considerations. Although the functions of these three services are somewhat different, the same terminology was employed to enable the quantified results to be pooled. The study seeks to show the value of numerical and hence more objective data in the psychiatric approach to the child and in understanding the principles of the action taken.