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Objective: In hospitalized children and adolescents recognition of psychiatric symptoms, timely intervention and treatment are quite important. In this study, it was aimed at examining the characteristics of child and adolescent psychiatry consultations in a training and research hospital. Material and Methods: The psychiatric consultations of the child and adolescent inpatients between May 2016- October 2018 were assessed retrospectively. Demographic and clinical characteristics were analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Package Program for Social Sciences). The compliance of continuous variables to normal distribution was tested using Kolmogorov-Simirnov test, Mann Whitney U test was used for comparisons. Categorical variables were expressed in terms of frequency (n) and percentage (%) and compared using the Pearson chi-square test. p values < 0.05 were regarded as statistically significant. Results: 66.9% (n = 85) of 127 children and adolescents evaluated within the scope of the study were female. 78.7% of the cases were in adolescent age group (13-17). Among the clinics that requested psychiatric evaluation, it was found that the highest rate of consultation was requested from the pediatric department with 93.7% (n = 119). Considering the reasons for requesting a consultation from the cases, it was found that the most requested reason for consultation was the evaluation of suicide attempts (55.1%, n = 70). In the cross section evaluated, 19. 7% (n = 25) of the cases were found to have at least one psychiatric disorder. It was found that at least one psychotropic drug was recommended to 18.1% of the cases. Conclusion: The importance of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry unit was highlighted in our study. Increasing awareness in the field of Consultation-Liaison is considered as a positive development, but it is thought that the services in this area should be improved more. Considering the different results found in the studies conducted in our country, to create a common language and algorithm in the field of consultation-liaison is thought to be important.

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