Planned Psychiatric Admissions to Reduce Emergency Presentations： A Retrospective Cohort Study of Adolescents

作     者：Mohammed Usman Tracey Dryden-Mead Catherine Crouch 

作者机构：Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide South Australia Women's and Children's HealthNetwork--Adolescent Outreach Service for CAMHSAdelaide South Australia Forensic Mental Health ServiceAdelaide South Australia 

出 版 物：《Psychology Research》 (心理学研究：英文版)

年 卷 期：2014年第4卷第1期

页      面：25-30页

学科分类：0401[教育学-教育学] 04[教育学] 08[工学] 0837[工学-安全科学与工程] 

主　　题：队列研究 青少年 招生 精神 卫生保健 证据 参与者 

摘      要：Self-harm in young people has significant costs to the individual, family, community, and the health care system. Evidence-based strategies to address this issue is limited. Our study aims to present evidence for the strategy of utilizing planned admissions to reduce emergency presentations of adolescents who self-harm. A retrospective cohort study of individuals who were offered planned admissions to the state wide in patient adolescent psychiatric unit in South Australia. Of the participants studied, there was a mean reduction of 50% presentations to the emergency department following planned admission. Overall, there was a 64% reduction in emergency representations in this cohort. This study presents evidence for planned admissions as a means of reducing emergency presentation in adolescents who self-harm.