[Acute treatment of psychiatric ill children and adolescents: A pilot study on 257 patients].

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Challenging development tasks, problematic social environments and psychiatric disorder can result in crisis leading to an emergency consultation at child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP). The study aims to describe a representative clinical sample of patients seeking help at an acute CAP outpatient clinic.

Methods

Data from the initial assessment tool for CAP and data gained from the hospital IT-System were analyzed. The study site is the only hospital in the country of Salzburg in Austria with a specialized emergency unit for CAP patients.

Results

Out of the 257 patients, 53.7% were female. Boys significantly more often presented with externalizing symptoms and because of external factors. Girls significantly more often reported the presence of suicidal tho

SUBMITTER: Eichinger T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8651577 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature