Prevalence of Depression and Predictors of Discharge to a Psychiatric Hospital in Young People with Hospital-Treated Deliberate Self-Poisoning at an Australian Sentinel Unit
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15494272 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anitha Dani (Hunter New England Local Health District), Srilaxmi Balachandran (0000-0002-9211-4819, Hunter New England Local Health District), Katie McGill (Hunter New England Local Health District), Katherine McGill (0000-0002-9800-862X, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia), Ian M Whyte (0000-0001-7693-3948, Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital), Gregory Carter (0000-0001-8180-1798, Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 23 |
| Pages | 15753-15753 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph192315753 |
| PMID | 36497828 |
| OpenAlex | W4311006386 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 28 |
Depression was diagnosed in more than a third and was an independent predictor of psychiatric inpatient referral, so service providers need to account for this level of need in the provision of assessment and after-care services. Evidence-based guidelines for psychiatric inpatient after-care for deliberate self-poisoning and/or depression in young people are limited. Our explanatory model included suicidal level, depression, psychosis, older age, and available support persons, suggesting that the treating clinicians were making these discharge decisions for admission in keeping with those limited guidelines, although the balance of benefits and harms of psychiatric hospitalisation are not established. Future research examining patient experiences, effectiveness of psychiatric hospitalisation, and alternatives to hospitalisation is warranted
Cohort · Depression (economics · Family medicine · Health care · Inpatient care · Logistic regression · Poison control · Population · Psychiatric hospital · Psychiatry · Referral · Retrospective cohort study · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Poisoning and overdose treatments · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |