Crisis consultations in child and adolescent psychiatry in Reims: Cross-sectional study of the population of accompanied minors

The crisis consultation unit (CCU) of the child psychiatry department of the Reims University Hospital was created to respond to an increasing demand for rapid interventions with minors. The objective of this study is to observe the characteristics of the population received in this facility and to explore the links between the data, to hypothesize about its specificities. We conducted a cross-sectional study of data collected during telephone assessments between June 2016 and January 2018. A univariate analysis was performed using EpiInfo© software and the pvalue.io© statistical interface using R statistical software. A total of 263 telephone contacts were counted. A greater activity of the service is found during the school period. The majority of minors did not have any psychiatric or psychological follow-up at the time of the call. Boys consulted earlier, preferably for externalized disorders. The youngest children are often referred to prevent symptoms following an acute stress. Our study allowed us to draw up a sociodemographic profile and to show certain trends observed within the CCU of the child psychiatry department of the Reims University Hospital, in particular the multiplicity of reasons for consultation. At a time when the health crisis is impacting the mental health of the entire population and increasing the time required for treatment, this type of system is particularly relevant to the possible reorganization of the care offered by the CMP. The CCU would make it possible to report the most urgent situations, which would then benefit from specific care (hospitalization, medication, specific consultations).