부산대학교 도서관

Objective: School re-entry following hospitalization for psychiatric carehas been reported as difficult for many adolescent patients. Continuous qualityimprovement initiatives may improve programming to enhance school re-entryexperiences. The purpose for this study was to explore the school re-entryperspectives of the youth discharged from a psychiatric inpatient unit afterimplementing programs that patients previously identified as needed. Methods: A survey was administered to the youth about one month after dischargeto gather their perspective of their school re-entry, along with self-rated resilienceand stress. Results: Twenty-six youth (23%) participated in the post-discharge survey whoreported a mean age of 15.6 years (SD 1.0), 77% identified as female, 13 (50%)provided very positive re-entry comments, eight (31%) reported moderatelypositive experiences, and five (19%) reported a very poor school re-entry. Meanperceived resilience (4.01, SD 0.6) and stress (3.42, SD 0.8) scores suggest youththought they had good resilience and moderate stress. Conclusions: Most youth reported a good school re-entry. Considerable concernsremain for the 19% who reported a poor school re-entry who may benefit fromspecialized outpatient or day programming post-discharge before attempting areturn to school. Future directions for research are provided.