A comparison of inpatient and outpatient school refusers

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 1994 Summer;24(4):255-64. doi: 10.1007/BF02353201.

Abstract

This study describes children and adolescents with school refusal who were hospitalized and compares them to a matched group with school refusal who were treated as outpatients in order to examine the use of hospitalization in the treatment of this symptom presentation. The results showed the inpatient group had significantly more depressive disorder, a greater number of diagnoses, more severe symptoms, were more likely to reside in single-parent homes, and were more likely to have been physically abused.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Ambulatory Care*
  • Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anxiety Disorders / diagnosis
  • Anxiety Disorders / etiology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Depressive Disorder / diagnosis
  • Depressive Disorder / drug therapy
  • Depressive Disorder / etiology
  • Hospitalization*
  • Hospitals, Psychiatric
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay
  • Mood Disorders / diagnosis
  • Mood Disorders / etiology
  • Phobic Disorders / diagnosis
  • Phobic Disorders / psychology*
  • Phobic Disorders / rehabilitation*
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Psychology, Adolescent
  • Psychology, Child
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Schools
  • Students / psychology*

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents