Psychiatric Services
- Volume 56
- Number 6
- June 2005
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Publication date: 01 June 2005
Pages671–677OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to ascertain trends in mental health-related visits to U.S. emergency departments. METHODS: Data were obtained from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey by using mental health-related ICD-9-CM, E, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.671Publication date: 01 June 2005
Pages678–684OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of high utilizers of psychiatric emergency services. METHODS: Data were collected over four years for 761 patients who were identified as high utilizers ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.678Publication date: 01 June 2005
Pages685–690OBJECTIVE: Studies of capitated financing of mental health services have generally focused on the cost and utilization of services. Relatively little research has addressed whether capitation has an impact on the effectiveness of the mental health system ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.685Publication date: 01 June 2005
Pages691–698OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether implementation of managed care in a public mental health system affected return visits to psychiatric emergency services within 180 days of an index visit. METHODS: Data were taken from an administrative database of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.691Publication date: 01 June 2005
Pages699–704OBJECTIVE: This study examined relationships between homelessness, mental disorder, violence, and the use of psychiatric emergency services. To the authors' knowledge, this study is the first to examine these issues for all episodes of care in a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.699Publication date: 01 June 2005
Pages705–710OBJECTIVE: This study tested the hypothesis that among patients admitted to a hospital with psychosis, Afro-Canadian patients would be more likely than Euro-Canadian or Asian-Canadian patients to be brought to emergency services by police or ambulance. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.705Publication date: 01 June 2005
Pages711–716OBJECTIVE: This study examined ethnic differences in assessment of violence risk among psychiatric inpatients by using the Historical Clinical Risk Management-20 (HCR-20). METHODS: The HCR-20 was administered to 169 consecutive psychiatric inpatients. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.711Publication date: 01 June 2005
Pages717–720OBJECTIVE: Latinas who immigrate to the United States and leave their children in their homelands may experience psychological consequences of this separation. This study examined whether immigrant Latinas who were separated from their children differed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.717Publication date: 01 June 2005
Pages721–728OBJECTIVE: This study examined psychiatrists' contributions to racial and gender disparities in diagnosis and treatment among elderly persons. METHODS: Psychiatrists who volunteered to participate in the study were randomly assigned to one of four video ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.721Publication date: 01 June 2005
Pages729–734OBJECTIVE: The Anderson behavioral model was used to investigate racial and ethnic disparities in access to specialty mental health services among women in California as well as factors that might account for such disparities. METHODS: The study was a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.729Open Forum
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Publication date: 01 June 2005
Pages743–745Previous studies suggest that patients use medical emergency departments for nonurgent care. However, relatively little has been published about the use of psychiatric emergency services. Eighty-two patients who visited the psychiatric emergency ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.743Publication date: 01 June 2005
Pages746–748This study explored the use of mental health services by Asian Americans and other ethnic populations (N=104,773) in California. The authors used linear regression analyses to assess the role of ethnicity and diagnosis in predicting six-month use of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.746Publication date: 01 June 2005
Pages749–751Pilot work was conducted to determine whether there were racial disparities in the use of second-generation antipsychotic medications in a sample of 2,717 residents of nursing homes in Arkansas in 2001. Chi square analysis and a logistic regression model ...
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