TY - JOUR PY - 2000// TI - Psychiatric Hospitalization and School and Community Adjustment of Children and Adolescents with Acquired Brain Injury JO - Journal of child and family studies A1 - Luiselli, James K. A1 - Dion, Denise A1 - Hammil, Erin A1 - Potoczny-Gray, Andrea A1 - Savage, Ronald C. A1 - Sherak, Donald L. SP - 481 EP - 489 VL - 9 IS - 4 N2 - 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 "more restrictive" 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.

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