Child and Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Services in Turkey: Is There a Need and Are They Effective?

Guvenir T., Tas F. V., Ozbek A.

NOROPSIKIYATRI ARSIVI-ARCHIVES OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY, cilt.46, sa.4, ss.143-148, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 46 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Dergi Adı: NOROPSIKIYATRI ARSIVI-ARCHIVES OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.143-148
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Inpatient treatment, treatment outcome, child and adolescent mental health
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Inpatient care is the most widely used intensive care component of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) internationally. In some studies, child and adolescent inpatient care has been shown to be effective and remains a neccesary function of a comprehensive child and adolescent mental health service. Our aim is to examine the treatment outcome of our newly opened CAMHS inpatient unit in terms of patients functioning levels via key variables which were measured at two time periods, namely (i) at admission to the unit and (ii) at discharge.