Análisis comparativo entre los sujetos que acuden y no acuden a una Unidad de Salud Mental de Adultos diagnosticados previamente de códigos Z en la Unidad de Salud Mental de la Infancia y la Adolescencia del área de Santiago de Compostela

Introduction: Has the demand for care in Mental Health Units, being due, in large part, to what are called Z codes (ICD-10) (1). Objectives: 1. To determine profiles of subjects previously diagnosed Z codes in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit (CAMHU), who come to the Adults Mental Health Unit (AMHU) and not in relation to variables socio-demographic and clinical-evolutionary. 2. Study the most common diagnoses changes in these subjects attending in AMHU. Material and Methods: Descriptive comparative study in which randomly selected 91 patients diagnosed with Z codes in CAMHU of Santiago de Compostela (2000-2012). Descriptive statistics of the current cross chronological age (mean: 21.38 years) with the sex and assistance to AMHU, using T-Student; other sociodemographic and clinical variables evolutionary intersect with the above variables using the Chi-squared (IBM SPSS Statistics 21). Conclusions: 12.5% of children diagnosed with Z codes in CAMHU are then treated at AMHU; of which 12% remains the Z code and 50% are diagnosed with Personality and behavioral disorders in adult and Neurotic, secondary to stressors and somatoform disorders.