A psychiatric residential centre for children and adolescents: a pilot study of its patients' characteristics and improvement while resident.
This paper describes the history and philosophy of a unique residential treatment unit in Ireland which caters for emotionally and behaviourally disturbed children and adolescents. A pilot study was undertaken to help identify the type of patient seen and who benefited from the treatment.
Warrenstown House Children's Centre, Blanchardstown, County Dublin, Eire.
L M
LM
Moore
T W
TW
O'Connor
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011379:Prognosis