Characteristics and disposition of youth referred from schools for emergency psychiatric evaluation

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Eugene Grudnikoff, Tolga Taneli, Christoph Correll]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 24/7(2015-07-01), 731-743
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a We aimed to describe the characteristics and disposition of youth referred from schools to the emergency department (ED) for psychiatric evaluations. Consecutive 12-month records of ED psychiatric consultations at a large urban hospital from 07.01.2009 to 06.30.2010 were retrospectively analyzed. School-initiated referrals were deemed inappropriate if youth were discharged from the ED without any recommended mental health follow-up. Of the 551 psychiatric ED evaluations, 243 (44.1%) were initiated by schools. Of all school referrals, only 19 (7.8%) children were psychiatrically hospitalized, 108 (44.4%) were discharged from the ED with a follow-up appointment; and 116 (47.7%) were discharged without arranged follow-up. Those with a chief complaint of "suicidality” (n=109, 44.9%) were more likely to be discharged without arranged follow-up than youth with other presenting complaints (56.0 vs. 41.0%, p=0.021). Altogether, only 37 (18.5%) of 200 school-referred youth with information were evaluated by a school nurse, social worker, or other professional before being sent to the ED. Students without in-school screening were significantly more frequently discharged without follow-up than students with in-school evaluations prior to the ED referral (51.5 vs. 27.0%, p=0.0070; odds ratio=2.87 (95% CI 1.30-6.31). Multivariate predictors of inappropriate school referrals of youth discharged without any outpatient follow-up were higher Children's Global Assessment Scale score (p<0.0001), absent in-school evaluation (p=0.0069), absent prior psychiatric history (p=0.011) and absent current psychotropic medication treatment (p=0.012) (r 2=0.264%, p<0.0001). Altogether 44.1% of ED consultations were school referred, of which 47.7% were potentially inappropriate for the emergency setting. In-school screening, which occurred infrequently, reduced unnecessary evaluations by 52%. 
540 |a Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 
690 7 |a Emergency  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Psychiatric evaluation  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Children and adolescents  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a School referral  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Appropriateness  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Suicidality  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Pediatric  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Grudnikoff  |D Eugene  |u Department of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, 75-59 263rd Street Glen Oaks, 11004, Glen Oaks, NY, USA  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Taneli  |D Tolga  |u Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers University-NJMS, Newark, NJ, USA  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Correll  |D Christoph  |u Department of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, 75-59 263rd Street Glen Oaks, 11004, Glen Oaks, NY, USA  |4 aut 
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