A 22- to 25-year follow-up study of former child psychiatric patients: a register-based investigation of the course of psychiatric disorder and mortality in 546 Danish child psychiatric patients.
A total of 546 children and adolescents, aged 5 to 15 years, who were admitted as in-patients to psychiatric hospitals throughout Denmark between 1970 and 1973, were followed up with regard to later readmissions and mortality. Approximately one-third of the sample had at least one readmission after the age of 18 years; there was no significant difference between male and female subjects. Probands with three selected diagnoses, namely childhood neurosis, conduct disorder and maladjustment reactions, did have a significantly greater general risk of readmission to psychiatric hospital in adulthood than the background population. In total, 24 probands (22 male, and 2 female subjects) died during the study period. Eight subjects had committed suicide. The standard mortality rate was significantly increased.
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Research Center, Psychiatric Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Risskov, Denmark.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012306:Risk; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015996:Survival Rate