Psychiatric Hospital Treatment of Children with Autism and Serious Behavioral Disturbance

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 125-142

  Siegel, Matthew ^a   Gabriels, Robin L ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Hospitalization; Inpatient; Intellectual disability; Psychiatric

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMORBIDITY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RESPITE CARE; REVIEW; SEPARATION ANXIETY; STAFF TRAINING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AUTISM; HOSPITALIZATION; INPATIENT; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC;

AGGRESSION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MENTAL DISORDERS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887613628     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: 15580490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2013.07.004     Document Type: Review

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