Citation

Messerschmitt P, Bohu D, Charritat JL. Arch. Pediatr. 2004; 11(3): 269-275.

Vernacular Title

Enfants et adolescents en danger. Etude de l'unite de psychopathologie de

Affiliation

Pedo-Psychiatre UPPE. paul.messerschmitt@trs.ap-hop-paris.fr

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.arcped.2003.10.020

PMID

14992779

Abstract

Along the 12 months of 2002, our Child Psychiatry Department received 109 young patients "at risk", under 17 years old. A detailed study of 103 files evaluates the danger they ran in three fields, suicide, abuse and neglect, and psychiatric pathology. With an original "danger scale", the multidisciplinary team completes three assessments: the danger before hospitalisation (background), the present professional action (diagnosis, care, police and justice connections...), estimation of the risk after treatment. In most cases, patients situations are severe, they have lasted for a long time (more than 6 months), and they were already taken on charge.

Language: fr