Comparative analysis between subjects who come and do not come to an Adult Mental Health Unit previously diagnosed of Z codes in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit of area of Santiago de Compostela

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2014-09-12

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Varela Reboiras, L., Diéguez Quintairos, A., Brenlla González, J., Mazaira Castro, J. A., & Domínguez Santos, M. D. (2014). Comparative analysis between subjects who come and do not come to an Adult Mental Health Unit previously diagnosed of Z codes in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit of area of Santiago de Compostela. Revista De Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil, 31(3), 30–36. Retrieved from https://aepnya.eu/index.php/revistaaepnya/article/view/170

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 3 (2014)

Section

Orginial article

Authors

  • Lucía Varela Reboiras Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela
  • Antía Diéguez Quintairos Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela
  • Julio Brenlla González Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela
  • José Alfredo Mazaira Castro Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela
  • María Dolores Domínguez Santos Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela

Keywords:

mental health, Z codes, clinical course, personality disorders, neurotic disorders

Abstract

Introduction: Has the demand for care in Mental Health Units, being due, in large part, to what are called Z codes (ICD-10) (1).

Objectives: 1. To determine profiles of subjects previously diagnosed Z codes in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit (CAMHU), who come to the Adults Mental Health Unit (AMHU) and not in relation to variables socio-demographic and clinical-evolutionary. 2. Study the most common diagnoses changes in these subjects attending in AMHU.

Material and Methods: Descriptive comparative study in which randomly selected 91 patients diagnosed with Z codes in CAMHU of Santiago de Compostela (2000-2012). Descriptive statistics of the current cross chronological age (mean: 21.38 years) with the sex and assistance to AMHU, using T-Student; other sociodemographic and clinical variables evolutionary intersect with the above variables using the Chi-squared (IBM SPSS Statistics 21).

Conclusions: 12.5% of children diagnosed with Z codes in CAMHU are then treated at AMHU; of which 12% remains the Z code and 50% are diagnosed with Personality and behavioral disorders in adult and Neurotic, secondary to stressors and somatoform disorders.

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Author Biography

Lucía Varela Reboiras, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela

Correspondencia:
Lucía Varela Reboiras. Servicio de Psiquiatría. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela. Travesía de Choupana s/n. 15706. Santiago de Compostela.
Email: lu-manselle@hotmail.com

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