Children and adolescents in the Psychiatric Emergency Department: a 10-year survey in Copenhagen County
- Authors:
- Subtitle:
- A 10-year survey in Copenhagen County
- DOI:
- 10.3109/08039488.2013.846410
- Abstract:
- Background: Knowledge on psychiatric emergencies in children and adolescents is limited. The Psychiatric Emergency Departments (PED) in Copenhagen enable the acute examination of children and adolescents 24 h a day, 7 days a week. However, very little is known about who presents to the PED, and the reason for their visit. Aim: To describe the prevalence and characteristics of presentations in PED and treatment provided. Methods: A retrospective population based study comprising data of more than 4000 visitors presenting to PED from 2001-2010. In 2003 and 2006, two randomly chosen years, a more thorough analysis was performed, based on the individual emergency charts. Inter-rater reliability was high. Results: Visits increased nearly threefold during the period. Symptom score for 2003 and 2006 revealed that more than one third of the visitors had suicidal ideation. Depressive and anxiety symptoms together with suicidal ideation rose significantly (P
- Type:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English
- Published in:
- Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 2014, Vol 68, Issue 6, p. 385-90
- Keywords:
- Journal Article; Adolescent; Child; Denmark; Emergencies; Emergency Service, Hospital; Emergency Services, Psychiatric; Female; Health Care Surveys; Health Services Needs and Demand; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Prevalence; Referral and Consultation; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Suicidal Ideation; Suicide, Attempted; Psychiatric emergencies; social difficulties; suicidal behaviour; Children and adolescents
- Main Research Area:
- Medical science
- Publication Status:
- Published
- Review type:
- Peer Review
- Submission year:
- 2014
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
- ID:
- 269156918
