title: A comparison of inpatient and outpatient school refusers.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Borchardt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giesler
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Crosby
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents