Mental Disorders among Children and Adolescents Admitted to a French Psychiatric Emergency Service
Table 3
Characteristics of child and adolescent patients in a psychiatric emergency department of a French public hospital (2001–2006) by gender, age and number of admissions.
Gender
Age
Number of admissions, 2001–2006
Characteristics (N = 264)
Female
Male
<16
≥16
1
+2
N = 164
N = 100
P
N = 58
N = 206
P
N = 216
N = 48
P
N
%
N
%
N
%
N
%
N
%
N
%
Demographic
Age (Mean ± SD years)
16.7
1.2
16.3
2.1
0.12
—
—
—
—
—
16.5
1.7
16.7
1.3
0.32
Female
—
—
—
—
—
35
60.3
129
62.6
0.75
140
64.8
26
54.0
0.05
Psychiatric diagnosis
Mental and behavioural disorders resulting from psychoactive substance use
8
4.9
10
10.0
0.10
1
1.7
17
8.3
0.08
11
5.1
7
14.6
0.02
Schizophrenia and schizotypal and delusional disorders
11
6.7
17
17.0
0.01
5
8.6
23
11.2
0.58
19
8.8
9
18.8
0.04
Mood (affective) disorders
11
11.0
26
15.9
0.27
9
15.5
28
13.6
0.71
29
13.4
8
16.7
0.56
Neurotic, stress-related, and somatoform disorders
44
26.8
23
23.0
0.49
9
15.5
58
28.2
0.05
54
25.0
13
27.1
0.76
Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors
8
4.9
1
1.0
0.16
3
5.2
6
2.9
0.40
6
2.8
3
6.3
0.21
Disorders of adult personality and behaviour
26
15.9
18
18.0
0.65
6
10.3
38
18.4
0.14
27
12.5
17
35.4
<0.01
Mental retardation
1
0.6
2
2.0
0.56
2
3.4
1
0.5
0.06
1
0.5
2
4.2
0.09
Disorders of psychological development
1
0.6
1
1.0
1.00
1
1.7
1
0.5
0.33
2
0.9
0
0.0
1.00
Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset during occurring in childhood and adolescence
