Characteristics of Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients in Relation to Their History of Preceding Child Psychiatric Inpatient Care.

Among psychiatric inpatients aged 13 to 17, various familial and clinical characteristics were compared between those with and without a previous history of specialized child psychiatric care (CPSY versus non-CPSY). CPSY adolescents were younger (boys: odds ratio [OR], 0.7; girls: OR, 0.

Exposure to obstetric complications in relation to subsequent psychiatric disorders of adolescent inpatients: specific focus on gender differences.

Background: Exposure to obstetric complications is known to be associated with subsequent development of psychiatric disorders. However, earlier findings are mainly based on adult populations having a long follow-up time for onset of psychiatric illness. We examined whether the association of obstetric complications with severe mental disorders is already seen in a population of underage adolescents admitted to psychiatric inpatient care.