ABSTRACT

Objective:

The aim of this study is to examine the sociodemographic and clinical traits of adolescents who were treated in inpatient unit of our clini which is one of the few clinics in our country.

Method:

In this study clinical and socidemographic features of 186 children, who had been treated in inpatient unit of Uludağ University Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inpatient Clinic between 2017 and 2018, were investigated fi rstly, during the time when they were in inpatient unit and secondarily at the time when they were discharged Their sociodemographic and clinical features were evaluated by information collection forms, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (KSADS), and Clinic Global Index (CGI).

Results:

The median age of the patients was 15 (min.5, max.17)., and 31.9% of them were males. The most common symptoms leading to hospitalization were suicidal thoughts and attempts (%26.3), anhedonia (12.4%), irritability (10.8%), psychotic symptoms (15.7%), refusal of food or binge eating (%7.6%). The most common diagnoses were depression (47.3%), psychotic disorders (11.8%) and eating disorders (8.1%). 9.6% of the patients were discharged without any medication, whereas 37.6% of the patients were discharged with one psychotropic drug, 45.6% of the patients were discharged with twopsychotropic drugs and 6.9% of the patients were discharged with threepsychotropic drugss. Antipsychotics (67.74%) and antidepressants (54.3%) were reported as the most common used drugs. There was a signifi cant difference between hospitalization and discharge CGI scores of patients (p<0.001).

Discussion:

Increasing the number of studies on this subject and sharing of experiences will provide important contributions for the child and adolescent psychiatry area .