A profile of adolescents admitted to a private inpatient unit and mental health outcomes.

Claire HayesMagenta SimmonsVictoria J PalmerBridget HamiltonChristine SimonsMalcolm Hopwood

Published in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2019)

The inpatient unit proved effective at meeting the needs of young people in terms of symptom stabilisation. Further research is needed to describe adolescent inpatient models of care, the operations and philosophies to better examine how these relate to treatment outcomes.

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