Citation

Garakani A, Cerrito BM, Aloysi AS, Martinez JM, Buono FD. Community Ment. Health J. 2020; 56(3): 448-455.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-019-00498-2

PMID

31654251

Abstract

The current paper evaluates psychiatric needs of voluntary admissions in a large urban psychiatric hospital through a retrospective chart review, as this research is limited within the United States. A total of 581 voluntary adult psychiatric admission charts were reviewed. Continuous variables were evaluated using an ANOVA while associations between variables were examined by an unadjusted Pearson correlation coefficient a stepwise linear regression analysis. Men were significantly more likely to have a past admission for psychiatric services (p = .016), suicidal ideation (p <.001) and test positive for substances (p <.001) than women, and were more likely to be unemployed, homeless and without insurance. Women were more likely to have a past suicide attempt and a depressive disorder. A significant relationship between gender and rationale for seeking voluntary admission (p <.001) was found. This study offers understanding of male and female voluntary admissions, and a foundation for improving treatment interventions to reduce recurrent readmissions.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Gender; United States; Adult; Female; Male; Demographics; Retrospective Studies; Patient Admission; New York City; Inpatients; Demography; Sex; Hospitals, Psychiatric; Urban setting; Voluntary; Admissions