Specialized Inpatient Psychiatry for Serious Behavioral Disturbance in Autism and Intellectual Disability

Autor/inn/en	Siegel, Matthew; Milligan, Briana; Chemelski, Bruce; Payne, David; Ellsworth, Beth; Harmon, Jamie; Teer, Olivia; Smith, Kahsi A.
Titel	Specialized Inpatient Psychiatry for Serious Behavioral Disturbance in Autism and Intellectual Disability
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 44 (2014) 12, S.3026-3032 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-014-2157-z
Schlagwörter	Children; Hospitalized Children; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Mental Retardation; Intervention; Psychiatric Hospitals; Adolescents; Check Lists; Scores; Outcomes of Treatment; Behavior Disorders; Aberrant Behavior Checklist + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Autismus; Geistige Behinderung; Phsychiatric institution; Psychiatrische Einrichtung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Checkliste
Abstract	Psychiatric hospitalization of children with autism spectrum disorder and/or intellectual disability is common, however, the effectiveness of this intervention is largely unknown. Thirty-eight clinically-referred children 8-19 years old admitted to a specialized inpatient psychiatry unit were assessed by a consistent caregiver on the Aberrant Behavior Checklist-Irritability (ABC-I) subscale at admission, discharge and 2 months post discharge. There was a decrease in the mean ABC-I score from admission (27.3, SD 7.4) to discharge (11.9, SD 8.8), which was sustained at 2 months post discharge (14.8, SD 9.3) (p < 0.001). Seventy-eight percent of the subjects were rated as "Improved" on the clinician Clinical Global Impressions Improvement scale at discharge. The study is limited by lack of a control group, but offers preliminary evidence for specialized inpatient psychiatry as an intervention for serious behavioral disturbance in this population. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10