5.35 SATISFACTION WITH LIFE IN A CLINICAL ADOLESCENT POPULATION

Objectives: The goal of this session is to evaluate life satisfaction (LS) of outpatient adolescents in a Chilean psychiatry clinic and associate with sociodemographic, psychopathological, and therapeutic variables. Methods: The transversal design of the data indicate that adolescents (ages 11-18 years) were recruited from a Chilean psychiatry unit. Youth with moderate to severe mental disability, with an acute psychotic episode, were excluded. Adolescents completed the Satisfaction With Life Scale-Child (SWLS-C), the Child Depression Inventory (CDI), dimensions from the Childhood Experiences of Care and Abuse-Questionnaire (CECA-Q), and questions related to personal beliefs, preferences, friendships, family, and others. Youth and clinicians completed a survey, associated with psychopathological and therapeutic variables, and a Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale for Children and Adolescents-Reviewed (BPRS-C-R). Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate linear and logistic regression models were performed as appropriate. Results: Adolescents (N = 75; admitted between June 2009 and January 2016; 56 percent female; average age 14.64 years ± SD 1.90) participated in the study. These adolescents were middle class, with a grade point average of the last approved course of 5.42 ± SD 5.93. The reasons for initial consultation in the psychiatric unit were diverse, including 36 percent consulted for mood symptoms and suicidal spectrum; 62.7 percent exhibited low LS, and the average score was 16.93 ± 4.74 SD. The average CDI score was 18.85 ± 7.5 SD. According to some of the results of the bivariate analysis using ANOVA and chisquare, the LS is associated inversely and significantly with depression (in BPRS-C-R and CDI; P < 0.001) and physical, emotional, and sexual abuse (BPRS-C; P = 0.44). Further analyses are ongoing and will be available soon. Conclusions: Adolescents (37.3 percent) in this study reported being satisfied with their lives (SWSL-C); the lower figure in the literature represent nonclinical populations. Adolescents (57.3 percent) shows risk for depression. LS is related to depression. This study found variables that are related to LS in the clinical population of adolescents. These variables provide information for the design of intervention strategies, with a broader perspective on mental health and its positive aspects.