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[Child consultation-liaison psychiatry within the hospital: a prospective study]
1Service universitaire de pédopsychiatrie, 154, rue de Châtillon, 35200 Rennes, France. m.wiss@ch-guillaumeregnier.fr
Insights
Child consultation-liaison psychiatry is vital in pediatric hospitals, with a 33% increase in activity since 1994. This service addresses evolving pediatric care needs, particularly crisis situations and adaptation troubles.
Area of Science:
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Services
- Hospital-Based Mental Health Care
Context:
- The study examines the role and evolution of child consultation-liaison psychiatry within a pediatric hospital setting.
- Focuses on clinical, therapeutic, and preventive care provided by psychiatric departments to other hospital departments.
- Analyzes interventions over one year (November 1999-October 2000) at the Children Hospital of Tours, France.
Purpose:
- To qualitatively and quantitatively describe the activity of child consultation-liaison psychiatry.
- To analyze the characteristics of consultation-liaison interventions and the pediatric population served.
- To compare current activity with previous research to understand its evolution.
Summary:
- Child consultation-liaison psychiatry is a significant component of modern pediatric hospitals, showing a 33% increase in activity since 1994.
- Pediatric care needs have shifted, with crisis situations becoming more prevalent.
- Common diagnoses include adaptation difficulties, and over 50% agreement is reached on suggested medical follow-up plans.
Impact:
- Highlights the growing importance and evolving nature of psychiatric support within pediatric healthcare.
- Provides data on intervention characteristics and patient demographics for service improvement.
- Informs future strategies for integrating mental health services in pediatric settings.
Unlabelled:
The activity of child consultation-liaison psychiatry within the hospital can be defined as: the clinical, therapeutic and preventive care given by the staff members of the children psychiatric department, and their studies on pedagogy and research, in the other departments of the children hospital.
Material And Methods:
Our study focused on the consultation-liaison interventions (N = 215) carried out in the Children Hospital of Tours (France) for 1 year (November 1999-October 2000): it dealt with their characteristics and those of the examined population. It aimed at describing qualitatively and quantitatively this activity and its evolution, by means of a prospective collection of information, and a comparison of some of them with researches carried on previously in the same setting.
Results:
Child consultation-liaison psychiatry plays a major part in pediatric hospital today. This activity increased by 33% since 1994. The nature of needs for pediatrics care has evolved, and crisis situations are now most dominant. Child psychiatry diagnoses are very varied: the most frequent ones concern adaptation troubles. The agreement on the suggested medical follow-up amounts to more than 50%.