Brief report: Correlates of inpatient psychiatric admission in children and adolescents with eating disorders

Objective: To examine the prevalence and importance of psychological, behavioural, and situational correlates of impending psychiatric inpatient admissions in children and adolescents with eating disorders. Method: The sample consisted of 285 patients (8-17 years, M=14.4, SD=1.49) with DSM-5 eating...

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Main Authors: Hamilton, M., Watson, H., Egan, Sarah, Hoiles, K., Harper, E., McCormack, J., Forbes, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Academic Press 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29019
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author Hamilton, M.
Watson, H.
Egan, Sarah
Hoiles, K.
Harper, E.
McCormack, J.
Forbes, D.
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Watson, H.
Egan, Sarah
Hoiles, K.
Harper, E.
McCormack, J.
Forbes, D.
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description Objective: To examine the prevalence and importance of psychological, behavioural, and situational correlates of impending psychiatric inpatient admissions in children and adolescents with eating disorders. Method: The sample consisted of 285 patients (8-17 years, M=14.4, SD=1.49) with DSM-5 eating disorders assessed between 2006 and 2013 from the Helping to Outline Pediatric Eating Disorders (HOPE) Project. The sample was split into two groups, those with (n=38) and without (n=247) impending psychiatric admission; Discriminant function analysis was used to examine correlates. Results: The prevalence of impending psychiatric admission was 13.3%. Suicidal ideation provided the greatest discriminating power, followed by eating pathology, depressive symptoms, anxiety, multiple methods of weight control, binge eating, and family functioning. Conclusions: Earlier recognition of comorbid symptoms in eating disorders in the community may reduce the number of young people with eating disorders who present needing critical psychiatric care.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-290192017-09-13T15:22:40Z Brief report: Correlates of inpatient psychiatric admission in children and adolescents with eating disorders Hamilton, M. Watson, H. Egan, Sarah Hoiles, K. Harper, E. McCormack, J. Forbes, D. Objective: To examine the prevalence and importance of psychological, behavioural, and situational correlates of impending psychiatric inpatient admissions in children and adolescents with eating disorders. Method: The sample consisted of 285 patients (8-17 years, M=14.4, SD=1.49) with DSM-5 eating disorders assessed between 2006 and 2013 from the Helping to Outline Pediatric Eating Disorders (HOPE) Project. The sample was split into two groups, those with (n=38) and without (n=247) impending psychiatric admission; Discriminant function analysis was used to examine correlates. Results: The prevalence of impending psychiatric admission was 13.3%. Suicidal ideation provided the greatest discriminating power, followed by eating pathology, depressive symptoms, anxiety, multiple methods of weight control, binge eating, and family functioning. Conclusions: Earlier recognition of comorbid symptoms in eating disorders in the community may reduce the number of young people with eating disorders who present needing critical psychiatric care. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29019 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.02.005 Academic Press restricted
spellingShingle Hamilton, M.
Watson, H.
Egan, Sarah
Hoiles, K.
Harper, E.
McCormack, J.
Forbes, D.
Brief report: Correlates of inpatient psychiatric admission in children and adolescents with eating disorders
title Brief report: Correlates of inpatient psychiatric admission in children and adolescents with eating disorders
title_full Brief report: Correlates of inpatient psychiatric admission in children and adolescents with eating disorders
title_fullStr Brief report: Correlates of inpatient psychiatric admission in children and adolescents with eating disorders
title_full_unstemmed Brief report: Correlates of inpatient psychiatric admission in children and adolescents with eating disorders
title_short Brief report: Correlates of inpatient psychiatric admission in children and adolescents with eating disorders
title_sort brief report: correlates of inpatient psychiatric admission in children and adolescents with eating disorders
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29019