[Long-term stability of inpatient cognitive-behavioral therapy of adolescents with anxious-depressed school absenteeism].

90 adolescents (aged 12-18 years) with chronic anxious-depressive school absenteeism with or without comorbid disruptive symptoms underwent an open inpatient treatment. The treatment was manual guided with a cognitive-behavioral focus. In case of long lasting school absence youth were integrated on a special school initially. The present analyses cover 2- and 9-months follow-ups. At discharge continuous school attendance was achieved by 83 (92.2%) adolescents, by 75 (83.3%) at 2-month and by 63 (70.0%) at 9-month follow-up. For youth with school absenteeism within the follow-up interval absence rates were only minor. The rate of adolescents visiting the special school decreased from 40 (44.4%) at discharge to 24 (26.7%) 9 month later. Associated mental health problems were assessed using standardized questionnaires in self and parent ratings. Small to medium statistically significant aggravations were found. Within the follow-up interval 2/3 of the samplhe underwent an outpatient, weekly cognitive-behavioral treatment. These results must be interpreted with caution because of the lack of a control condition and of concomitant interventions during inpatient treatment.