title: Follow-up of adolescents treated in a psychiatric hospital: measurement of outcome.
abstract: Treatment planning that is highly individualized and systematically improved must be based on careful assessments of the effectiveness of current technics. This report describes the long-term (three to eight years) outcome of psychiatric hospitalization for 120 severely disturbed adolescent patients as it is measured on three dimensions: peer and social functioning, relationship with parents, and educational and occupational functioning. The measurement scales and the follow-up procedures are practical and easily used.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy