In-Patient Admission of Adolescents with Mental Disorder

Whilst all developed countries report high rates of adolescent mental disorder, there has been a decline in adolescent in-patient provision in the UK in recent years. This report shows that only 0.3% of adolescents requiring psychiatric admission in the North West of England were admitted to an adol...

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Published in:Clinical child psychology and psychiatry 2001-10, Vol.6 (4), p.537-544
Main Authors: Gowers, Simon G., Clarke, Judith, Alldis, Marcia, Wormald, Paul, Wood, Natalie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent development
Adolescents
Biological and medical sciences
Developed countries
Medical sciences
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health services
Organization of mental health. Health systems
Patient admissions
Patients
Psychiatric disorders
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatric services
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Teenagers
Youth services
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Summary:Whilst all developed countries report high rates of adolescent mental disorder, there has been a decline in adolescent in-patient provision in the UK in recent years. This report shows that only 0.3% of adolescents requiring psychiatric admission in the North West of England were admitted to an adolescent psychiatric unit, the rest being treated in adult mental health or non-psychiatric facilities. These findings point to a considerable need for and under-provision of adolescent psychiatric services, including in-patient beds, in North West England. This situation probably exists elsewhere in the UK, where development of adolescent and youth services has lagged behind Europe and North America.
ISSN:1359-1045
1461-7021
DOI:10.1177/1359104501006004007