title: Identifying mental health symptoms in children and youth in residential and in-patient care settings.
abstract: This study demonstrates the use of the interRAI assessment instruments to examine mental health symptoms in children and adults within residential and in-patient care settings. Regardless of service setting, children exhibited more harm to self and others than adults. Children in adult in-patient beds were more likely to exhibit suicide and self-harm and less likely to exhibit harm to others compared to children in child-specific service settings. Implications related to service system improvements are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Education, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. sstewa24@uwo.ca.
authors.forename: Shannon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hirdes