Rates and Predictors of Aftercare Services Among Formerly Hospitalized Adolescents: A Prospective Naturalistic Study

Service Utilization by Hospitalized Suicide Attempters With Schizophrenia or Depression in Montreal

“…Our findings corroborate prior studies that established that previous contact with services was likely to facilitate aftercare (24,28). However, unlike the study by Suominen and colleagues (24) in Finland, our study did not include individuals treated only in hospital emergency departments and not later hospitalized.…”

Psychiatric Rehospitalization of Children and Adolescents: Implications for Social Work Intervention

“…Certain groups may need additional effort to overcome barriers to accessing or remaining in aftercare treatment. Goldston et al (2003) monitored 180 adolescents for up to eight years after their discharge from an inpatient psychiatric facility and concluded, ''Psychiatric comorbidity, prior service use, and presence of a biological parent/grandparent in the home were related to initial service use…[while] older age and minority group status were related to shorter duration of aftercare service use'' (p. 49, emphasis ours). Thus adolescents not living with biological relatives may need especially targeted intervention to ensure continuity of care postdischarge, without which they are vulnerable to rehospitalization.…”

Trial of Therapeutic Assessment in London: randomised controlled trial of Therapeutic Assessment versus standard psychosocial assessment in adolescents presenting with self-harm

“…Studies indicate that older age, male gender,12 belonging to an ethnic minority,13 14 low socioeconomic status (SES),15 being diagnosed with substance misuse and antisocial behaviour15 16 all predict poor engagement with aftercare. In addition, time delays between the initial and the follow-up appointments,17 delayed initial evaluation13 and the attitude of emergency department staff18 all seem to influence engagement with treatment.…”