TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Epidemiological characterization of hospitalizations due to mental and behavior disorder in children and adolescents in Córdoba, Argentina
JO  - Vertex: Revista Argentina de Psiquiatria
A1  - Bella, Mónica Edith
A1  - Bauducco, Raquel
A1  - Leal, Jorge L.
A1  - Decca, María G.
SP  - 331
EP  - 338
VL  - 23
IS  - 105
N2  - 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>
LA  - es
SN  - 0327-6139
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -