title: Implementing a community bullying awareness intervention in an adolescent psychiatric unit: a feasibility study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Adolescents with a mental health diagnosis are at risk of involvement in bullying. We tested the feasibility of a bullying awareness group intervention in an established inpatient psychiatric unit milieu.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adolescents admitted to an urban inpatient adolescent psychiatric unit were eligible to attend two sequential 1-hour Bullying Awareness intervention group sessions. Data were collected before the first session (T1), post-both sessions (T2), and following discharge from the unit (T3).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 65 adolescents were enrolled; most were female (66.2%), African-American (60%), and in grades 10 to 12 (57%). Intervention feasibility was achieved as >80% of participants completed all components of the intervention and 100% completed all study questionnaires at T1 and T2. Feasibility of the follow-up (T3) was not achieved. Bullying knowledge scores improved significantly from T1 to T2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The intervention is feasible to implement in an inpatient adolescent psychiatry unit and can improve adolescents' bullying knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Children's National Health System, Northwest, Washington, DC; UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: LeiAyala@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Leilanie Marie
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics and Study Methodology, Center for Translational Science, Children's National Health System, Northwest, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Jichuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Children's National Health System, Northwest, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Children's National Health System, Northwest, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brevard
authors.affiliation: Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Children's National Health System, Northwest, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.affiliation: Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Children's National Health System, Northwest, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Reginald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bannerman
authors.affiliation: Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Children's National Health System, Northwest, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics and Study Methodology, Center for Translational Science, Children's National Health System, Northwest, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Yao Iris
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes, Center for Translational Research, Children's National Health System, The George Washington University, Northwest, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hinds
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D001364:Awareness; D058445:Bullying / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires