@article{ref1,
title="Comparison of characteristics of children and adolescents with and without a history  of abuse assessed in an urgent psychiatric clinic",
journal="Paediatrics and child health (1996)",
year="2020",
author="Dolp, Reinhard and Roberts, Nasreen and Groll, Dianne",
volume="25",
number="8",
pages="525-528",
abstract="PURPOSE: The objective was 1) to describe the clinical characteristics of children  referred for an urgent psychiatric consult with and without, a history of abuse; 2)  to study differences in demographic and clinical variables between the groups; and  3) to examine the relationship between different types of abuse and disposition  after assessment. <br><br>METHODS: This is a 2-year retrospective cohort study of all  patients aged 12 to 17 years referred to a hospital urgent psychiatric clinic. Patients were divided into two groups, those with a history of abuse and those  without. Study variables included demographics, reason for referral, history of  emotional, physical, sexual abuse, substance use, bullying victimization, DSM-5  diagnoses, and disposition. The study population was described using means,  frequencies, and percentages, while relationships between types of abuse and  clinical and demographic variables were assessed using Mann-Whitney U statistics,  Spearman correlations, and logistic regression. <br><br>RESULTS: The prevalence of any type  of abuse was 30.4% (227 of 746 referrals). The abused group were older, more likely  to be female, to have a history of substance use, bullying victimization, diagnosis  of an externalizing disorder, and more likely to be admitted. Among the abused  group, males were significantly more likely to report physical/emotional abuse, and  female sexual abuse. There was no difference between different kinds of abuse and  final diagnoses. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Almost one-third of children and adolescents referred  for urgent psychiatric consultation reported a history of abuse. Awareness of the  association between abuse and emergency visits may assist physicians in triaging for  urgent psychiatric assessment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1205-7088",
doi="10.1093/pch/pxz108",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxz108"
}