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Patient Characteristics Associated With the Need for Long-Term Treatment in a Child Psychiatry Hospital After the Earthquake in Mexico City

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

Rosa-Elena Ulloa Open the ORCID record for Rosa-Elena Ulloa [Opens in a new window]  and
Emmanuel Sarmiento
Rosa-Elena Ulloa*
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatric Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
Emmanuel Sarmiento
Affiliation:
Child Psychiatric Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Rosa-Elena Ulloa, Hospital Psiquiátrico Infantil Dr. Juan N. Navarro, San Buenaventura 86, Mexico City, 14080, Mexico (e-mail: eulloa@hotmail.com).
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Abstract

Objective:

The aim of this study is to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics associated with the need for long-term treatment in a child psychiatry facility.

Method:

Demographic characteristics, diagnosis, source of referral, time elapsed between the earthquake and the request for care, and the treatment prescribed in the baseline assessment were compared between a group of subjects that required long-term treatment (LTT) and a group that was discharged after a brief intervention (D).

Results:

A total of 171 patients were seen, and 27% of the subjects required LTT. In general, these subjects were younger, referred from highly affected areas, presented a delay in seeking care, and were mainly diagnosed with anxiety and stress-related disorders.

Conclusions:

These findings suggest the need for research regarding the design of mental health programs for the early detection of psychopathology after natural disasters in children and adolescents.

Keywords

childrenearthquakelong-term treatmentmental healthnatural disasters
Type
Brief Report
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , February 2022 , pp. 16 - 18
Copyright
copyright © 2020 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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