Analysis of the Personality Characteristics and Lifestyle of Young People Who Access Psychiatric Outpatient Clinics

Analysis of the Personality Characteristics and Lifestyle of Young People Who Access Psychiatric Outpatient Clinics: a Qualitative Study

Considering the growing importance of services psychiatric and psychological for adolescence and adulthood incidence of discomfort expressed in this age group, comes assessed the need to provide adequate and targeted services.

Reasons:

The study aims to evaluate the characteristics and trends of adolescents who access the service, in order to frame the type of discomfort expressed and the expectations with respect to access to the service and the resource base on which it can the therapeutic intervention must be thought out and organised. Furthermore, the study aims to identify the factors that influence the request for help and evaluate the quality of the assistance received, with the aim of improving it effectiveness.

Inclusion criteria:

- Participants will be selected based on their age between 13 and 21, their availability to sign the informed consent.

Exclusion criteria:

• Patients who do not give their consent are excluded from the study.
• Patients who do not speak fluent Italian or those who due to cognitive and/or thinking characteristics would not be able to understand or complete the questionnaire are also excluded.