Association of treatment procedures and resilience to symptom load three-years later in a clinical sample of adolescent psychiatric patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to examine symptom load in a clinical adolescent population at three-year follow-up and explore associations with standard care treatment procedures and resilience factors upon first presenting at Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

Methods

This study is part of a prospective longitudinal cohort study: The Health Survey in Department of Children and Youth, St. Olavs hospital, Norway. A clinical population of 717 (43.5% of eligible) adolescents aged 13-18 years participated in the first study visit (T₁, 2009-2011). Of these, 447 adolescents with psychiatric disorders, with treatment history from medical records and self-reported resilience factors (Resilience Scale for Adolescents; READ) at T₁, reported symptom load (Achenbac

SUBMITTER: Gardvik KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8377856 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature