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, vol.46, no.4, pp.143-148, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 46 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Journal Name: NOROPSIKIYATRI ARSIVI-ARCHIVES OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.143-148
  • Keywords: Inpatient treatment, treatment outcome, child and adolescent mental health
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.