Background: One of the most common and difficult to diagnose condition is Precocious Puberty which is prevalent in pediatric patients with endocrinology disorders. The plethora of information available in open sources makes the families concern about their child’s pubertal development. These patients undergo a tremendous psychological turmoil. Hence, the current study was planned with the aims to evaluate children in terms of psychiatric illness who were diagnosed with pubertaprecocs. Methodology: The present study was undertaken in \\\"University of Health Sciences, Ankara Child Health and Diseases Hematology Oncology Training and Research Hospital\\\" Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department and Child Endocrinology Clinic. There were total 120 samples where in 56 were suffering from Precocious puberty and 64 were control. The patients included those who visited pediatric endocrine polyclinic with complaints of early adolescence and the control group included patients without the disorder with same age and gender. The children were interviewed using DSM-V tool and thereafter assessed on scales like SCARED, CPRS, CTRS, CDQ, Body Perception scale and Piers Harris self-concept scale measurement for children. Results: The two groups were similar in terms of CPRS, CTRS, CDS and Pier-Harris scales distributions (p> 0.05). Body Sensitivity Scale scores of the pubertas praecox group were significantly lower (median 175 vs. 185.5, z = -2.537, p = 0.011). At least one psychiatric disorder was found to be significantly higher in the puberty precox group (32.1% vs. 10.9%), x2 = 8.143, p = 0.004. CPRS-POSITIVE was significantly higher in the pubertas praecox group (67.9% vs. 48.4%), x2 = 4.609, p = 0.032. Similarly, internalization or externalization impairment was found to be higher in pubertal precox cases than control group cases. Conclusion: The psychiatric disorders are more prevalent in children pubertaprecocsthan their healthy counterparts. These patients thus, need to be treated keeping in mind their psychiatric condition. The patients with Precococious puberty thus are more prone to various psychiatric problems. Hence, apart from endocrinologic follow-up and treatment of these patients the psychiatric support must be given to these patients.

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