Length of Stay and Readmission Data for Adolescents Psychiatrically Treated on a Youth Crisis Stabilization Unit versus a Traditional Inpatient Unit

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients admitted to the youth crisis stabilization unit (YCSU) and inpatient psychiatric unit (IPU)

	Demographic and Clinical Characteristics
	IPU		YCSU		TOTAL
Characteristics	N or MEAN	Percentage or SD	N or MEAN	Percentage or SD	N or MEAN	Percentage or SD
Sex (% female)	36	80.0%	56	76.7%	92	78.0%
Age (years)	14.1	1.6	14.5	1.6	14.4	1.6
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian	28	62.2%	43	58.9%	71	60.2%
African American	11	24.4%	12	16.4%	23	19.5%
Asian	1	2.2%	3	4.1%	4	3.4%
Multiracial	3	6.7%	13	17.8%	16	13.6%
Hispanic or Latino/a	2	4.4%	2	2.7%	4	3.4%
Reason for Admission
Suicidal Ideation	26	57.8%	46	63.0%	72	61.0%
Suicide Attempt	12	26.7%	19	26.0%	31	26.3%
Other	7	15.5%	8	11.0%	15	12.7%
Diagnoses
Mood	38	84.4%	65	89.0%	103	87.3%
Anxiety	22	48.9%	37	50.7%	59	50.0%
Substance Use	3	6.7%	7	9.6%	10	8.5%
Behavior	2	4.4%	6	8.2%	8	6.8%
Other	3	6.7%	6	8.2%	9	7.6%
Prior Admission	2	4.4%	5	6.8%	7	5.9%
Discharged Home	43	95.6%	68	93.2%	111	94.1%

Figure 1. Comparison of time to readmission for the youth crisis stabilization unit (YCSU) and inpatient psychiatric unit (IPU)