Mental Disorders among Children and Adolescents Admitted to a French Psychiatric Emergency Service

Table 1

Characteristics associated with episodes of care provided by a psychiatric emergency department of a French public hospital (2001–2006).

Episode measure (N = 335)	N	%	95% CI^a
Reason for referral
Agitation	25	7.5	[5.7; 9.2]
Anxiety	76	22.7	[19.9; 25.5]
Aggressive behaviour	23	6.9	[5.2; 8.6]
Disruptive behaviour	73	21.8	[19.0; 24.5]
Mental confusion	1	0.0	[0.0; 0.7]
Psychotic symptoms	12	3.6	[2.3; 4.8]
Depressive symptoms	18	5.4	[3.9; 6.9]
Manic symptoms	0	—	—
Suicide attempt	82	24.5	[21.6; 27.3]
Cognitive disorder	0	—	—
Alcohol use related	8	2.4	[1.4; 3.4]
Drug use related	7	2.1	[1.1; 3.0]
Somatic problem	6	1.8	[0.9; 2.7]
Relational problem	20	6.0	[4.4; 7.6]
Social problem	6	1.8	[0.9; 2.7]
Crisis management: referral source for admission
Self-referral	41	12.3	[10.1; 14.5]
Family	101	30.2	[27.2; 33.3]
Health care professionals	38	11.4	[9.3; 13.5]
Somatic emergency department	115	34.4	[31.3; 37.6]
Nonhealth care professional	39	11.7	[9.5; 13.8]
Crisis management: consultation or hospitalisation
Consultation	203	58.5	[55.2; 61.8]
Hospitalisation	132	41.3	[38.0; 44.6]

^a95% CI: 95% confidence interval.