Characteristics of Pediatric Psychiatric Emergency Population in a Mental Health Hospital

We aimed to investigate the characteristics of children and adolescents presented to the psychiatric emergency service (PES) of a mental health hospital. Medical records of patients under 18 years of age were reviewed for the first psychiatric emergency visit during a 1-year period. The mean age was...

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Published in:Eurasian journal of emergency medicine 2015-09, Vol.14 (3), p.123-130
Main Authors: Mutlu, Caner, Kilicoglu, Ali Guven, Gunes, Hatice, Adaletli, Hilal, Metin, Handan, Bahali, Mustafa Kayhan, Ipek, Hamiyet, Uneri, Ozden Sukran
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adolescent
child
Child psychology
Emergency medical care
Emergency service
mental health
Mental health care
Pediatrics
psychiatry
Teenagers
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Summary:We aimed to investigate the characteristics of children and adolescents presented to the psychiatric emergency service (PES) of a mental health hospital. Medical records of patients under 18 years of age were reviewed for the first psychiatric emergency visit during a 1-year period. The mean age was 15.82 years and 65.8% (n=711) were female. The most presenting symptoms were suicidal ideation (21.0%; most for girls) and homicide/violence toward others (20.7%; most for boys). The mean duration of symptoms was 265.36 days. The most common diagnoses were conduct disorder (16.7%; most for boys) and conversion disorder (15.5%; most for girls). Of the patients, 51.7% never used any mental health services before. The rate of prior use of mental health service was significantly higher in patients presenting with homicide/violence toward others and self-harm and lower in patients presenting with anxiety and somatic symptoms (p
ISSN:2149-5807
2149-6048
DOI:10.5152/eajem.2015.71354