Table 1.

Patients admitted to child and adolescent psychiatry unit: patient characteristics and diagnoses

Variable	Category	N	%
Age (years)	≤10	204	20.7
	11–14	335	33.9
	15–17	448	45.4
Gender	Male	479	48.5
	Female	508	51.5
Number of admissions	1	424	43.0
	2–9	457	46.3
	10 or more	106	10.7
Cumulative duration of	≤8 weeks	645	65.3
inpatient stays	>8 weeks	342	34.7