Characterization of psychiatrically hospitalized college students |
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Authors: | Laura Braider Candice La Lima Nicholas Crimarco Beth Hollander Azure Reid-Russell John Kane |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychiatry, Northwell Health Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY, USA;2. lbraider@northwell.edu;4. Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA;5. Student Counseling, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA;6. Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA |
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Abstract: | AbstractObjective: To characterize contemporary college students requiring psychiatric hospitalization. Participants and methods: Sociodemographic and diagnostic information was gathered retrospectively and analyzed from the electronic medical records (EMRs) of the consecutive inpatient hospitalizations of 905 college students admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit. Results: Significantly more females compared to males experienced the following: more hospitalizations, more family and financial stressors, more depression, and less psychotic and bipolar disorder. The most frequent diagnosis was a depressive disorder, followed by bipolar disorder, psychotic disorder, and personality disorder, most frequently borderline personality disorder. Half of participants had comorbid diagnoses with substance abuse most common. More than two-thirds of students endorsed social or intimate relationship, academic, and family challenges as psychosocial stressors. In all, 15% of participants had repeat admissions. Conclusions: The present study provides demographic data from a sample of psychiatrically hospitalized college students. Findings can help improve screening and identification of decompensation in college students. |
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Keywords: | College students mental health psychiatric hospitalization |
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