Abstract

Jaensson C, Brunnander E. Boden P-G, Cederblad M, Hook B, von Knorring A-L. Barnpsykiatrisk slutenvaed i tva lan, en jamforelse.This is part of a study describing + sample of children and adolescents in residential treatment in two counties in Sweden: Ostergotland which has a child psychiatric clinic with four beds, a day treatment and six outpatient departments, and Gavleborg, which has a clinic with fifteen beds and one outpatient department. The present report compares child psychiatry and its effects in these counties. A standardized record. two standardized interviews and DSM III-diagnoses from medical records were included in the study.The patients in the county of Ostergotland have more frequent and severe symptoms, longer treatment periods and often have more than one residential stay. Affective bipolar disorders are more common in Ostergotland due to older patients. Most of the patients in Gavleborg have residential treatment mainly for tests or observation, while in Ostergotland almost half of t...

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