Stability of Diagnosis: A 20-Year Retrospective Cohort Study of Israeli Psychiatric Adolescent Inpatients.

Valevski, Avi; Ratzoni, Gideon; Sever, Jonathan; Apter, Alan; Zalsman, Gil; Shiloh, Roni; Weizman, Abraham; Tyano, Sam

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ERIC Number: EJ638827

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Publication Date: 2001

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Stability of Diagnosis: A 20-Year Retrospective Cohort Study of Israeli Psychiatric Adolescent Inpatients.

Valevski, Avi; Ratzoni, Gideon; Sever, Jonathan; Apter, Alan; Zalsman, Gil; Shiloh, Roni; Weizman, Abraham; Tyano, Sam

Journal of Adolescence, v24 n5 p625-33 Oct 2001

Outcome according to diagnosis and stability of diagnosis were investigated in a follow-back study, with a duration of 15-19 years, of 351 adolescents with various psychiatric disorders hospitalized in a closed psychiatric ward. Findings indicated that transient adolescent psychosis is associated with a relatively good prognosis and should probably be differentiated from schizophrenia. (Author)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Clinical Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbances, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Treatment, Psychiatric Hospitals, Psychiatric Services, Psychosis, Residential Institutions, Schizophrenia

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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