@article{ref1,
title="Psychiatric Hospitalization and School and Community Adjustment of Children and Adolescents with Acquired Brain Injury",
journal="Journal of child and family studies",
year="2000",
author="Luiselli, James K. and Dion, Denise and Hammil, Erin and Potoczny-Gray, Andrea and Savage, Ronald C. and Sherak, Donald L.",
volume="9",
number="4",
pages="481-489",
abstract="There is a high prevalence of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents who have acquired brain injury (ABI). We examined the records of 82 students with ABI who were admitted to a community-based school for education and neurorehabilitation over a three-year period to determine how many experienced one or more psychiatric hospitalizations before admission, and whether hospitalization status was related to positive school and community adjustment. Results were that 30.4% of the students had a documented history of one or more psychiatric hospitalizations. Of this group, 60.0% were able to be maintained in the community-based school program and 40.0% were discharged to other settings. When discharged, 70.0% of students entered &quot;more restrictive&quot; treatment programs (e.g., psychiatric hospital, secure residential facility, residential school). The number of psychiatric hospitalizations did not predict discharge from the community-based school and was unrelated to the type of discharge setting. Clinical and research issues concerning psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents with ABI in relation to post-acute adjustment are discussed.<p />",
language="",
issn="1062-1024",
doi="10.1023/A:1009422910042",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1009422910042"
}