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

Table 2

Characteristics of child and adolescent patients in a psychiatric emergency department of a French public hospital (2001–2006).

Characteristics (N = 264)	N	%	95% CI^a
Demographic
Age (mean ± SD years)	16.5	1.6	[16.4; 16.6]
Age class
<14	10	3.8	[2.5; 5.1]
[14–16[	48	18.2	[15.6; 20.8]
[16–18[	206	78.0	[75.3; 80.8]
Female	164	62.1	[58.1; 66.1]
Psychiatric diagnosis
Mental and behavioural disorders resulting from psychoactive substance use (ICD-10 section F1)	18	6.8	[4.7; 8.9]
Alcohol	6	2.3	[1.0; 3.5]
Cocaine	2	0.8	[0.0; 1.5]
Cannabinoids	6	2.3	[1.0; 3.5]
Schizophrenia and schizotypal and delusional disorders (ICD-10 section F2)	28	10.6	[8.1; 13.1]
Mood (affective) disorders (ICD-10 section F3)	37	14.0	[11.2; 16.9]
Mild or moderate depressive episode	24	9.1	[6.7; 11.5]
Severe depressive episode	3	1.1	[0.3; 2.0]
Neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders (ICD-10 section F4)	67	25.4	[21.8; 29.0]
Anxiety disorder	40	15.2	[12.2; 18.1]
Reaction to severe stress	12	4.5	[2.8; 6.3]
adjustment disorder	8	3.0	[1.6; 4.4]
Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors (ICD-10 section F5)	9	3.4	[1.9; 4.9]
Eating disorder	8	3.0	[1.6; 4.4]
Disorders of adult personality and behavior (ICD-10 section F6)	44	16.7	[13.6; 19.7]
Dissocial personality disorder	12	4.5	[2.8; 6.3]
Emotionally unstable personality disorder	10	3.8	[2.2; 5.4]
Mental retardation (ICD-10 section F7)	3	1.1	[0.3; 2.0]
Disorders of psychological development (ICD-10 section F8)	2	0.8	[0.0; 1.5]
Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset during occurrence in childhood and adolescence (ICD-10 section F9)	34	12.9	[1.3; 4.0]
Conduct disorders	22	8.3	[6.1; 10.6]
Mixed disorders of conduct and emotions	9	3.4	[1.9; 4.9]
Dual diagnosis^b	10	3.8	[2.2; 5.4]
Absence of psychiatric diagnosis	60	22.7	[19.9; 25.5]
Number of admissions, 2001–2006
1	216	81.8	[78.6; 85.0]
+2	48	18.2	[15.0; 21.4]

a95% CI: 95% confidence interval.
bSubstance use abuse plus any other diagnosis listed previously.