@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiological characterization of hospitalizations due to mental and behavior disorder in children and adolescents in Córdoba, Argentina",
journal="Vertex: Revista Argentina de Psiquiatria",
year="2012",
author="Bella, Mónica Edith and Bauducco, Raquel and Leal, Jorge L. and Decca, María G.",
volume="23",
number="105",
pages="331-338",
abstract="Mental health needs of children and adolescents show epidemiological changes and sometimes require psychiatric hospitalization. Objective: to perform an epidemiological characterization of children and adolescents hospitalized for mental disorders in Hospital de Niños of Córdoba. Materials and methods: observational retrospective study, based on clinical reports on 144 cases hospitalized during years 2009-2010. Data was processed using frequency analysis with a significance level of 0.05. Results: 54.86% of cases corresponded to women and 45.14% to men. They were aged between 6 and 16 years, showing a higher media in women 12.87. Most frequent causes for hospitalization were: suicide attempt (25%), psychomotor agitation episodes (21.53%) and psychotic episodes (15.97%). Cases admitted for suicide attempt were not frequently treated. Most relevant psychopathological diagnoses were: behavior disorder of childhood in male, and personality disorders in women. Average stay was 21.9 days, cases that needed re-admission showed a longer time. Conclusions: most frequent causes for hospitalization were related to impulsivity-aggression symptoms showing different distributions according to gender. Pathologies must be recognized, diagnosed and treated more promptly.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0327-6139",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}