Analysis of clinical characteristics and related factors in emotional disorders among children and adolescents who are suspended from school

Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics of adolescents and children with emotional disorders who are hospitalized due to suspension from school, the factors related to suspension, and the impact of suspension on treatment outcomes. Methods: Medical records of adolescents and children under 18 years of age treated in the psychiatric ward of the Fourth People’s Hospital of Chengdu from 2014 to 2021 were analyzed using a retrospective approach. Results: A total of 1,975 patients were included in the study, consisting of 944 patients in the suspension group and 1,031 patients in the non-suspension group. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in terms of age, gender, or parental divorce status (all P values > 0.05). Additionally, there were no significant differences in factors such as place of residence, number of hospitalizations, method of discharge, duration of hospitalization, or self-harm behaviors before admission…