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D Minor-Schork

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PubMed1997

Suicidal adolescent perceptions after an art future image intervention.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore reactions of hospitalized, suicidal adolescents to an art future image intervention (AFI). During the intervention adolescents were asked to rethink future expectations while creating a caricature of themselves in the future. Seventeen follow-up interviews were coded and analyzed to determine the meaning of the intervention to the adolescents. A structural definition of the AFI extracted from the themes of the interviews, described the process that adolescents experience during the intervention, which was "an irritating but humorous identity search which rekindled dreams as control over one's future was anticipated." The intervention has been adapted for use in a number of clinical situations and populations. The AFI continues as a part of the treatment regime on an inpatient adolescent psychiatric unit to help teenagers regain hope for the future.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1996

High risk factors for rehospitalization within six months.

OBJECTIVE: 1. To identify risk factors associated with psychiatric rehospitalization within six months, using global clinical assessments and demographic information and; 2. To determine if risk factors for a hospital in a rural region are similar to those reported for urban hospitals. METHOD: The setting was a psychiatric unit within a general hospital. All adult admissions for one year were assigned scores on the North Carolina Functional Assessment Scale (NCFAS) and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale. Patients were interviewed six months after discharge to determine if they had been rehospitalized and to assign new NCFAS and GAF scores. RESULTS: Significant risk of rehospitalization was predicted by: 1. NCFAS score > 90; 2. history of prior hospitalization; 3. nursing home residence; 4. referral from a small community hospital and; 5. non-compliance with outpatient appointments. CONCLUSIONS: Global assessments and demographic information collected during an index admission can generate factors to identify patients at risk for rehospitalization within six months. History of prior admissions and non-compliance with outpatient treatment, reported as risk factors in urban settings, were found also to be risk factors in a rural region.

Adult↗