Early return to hospital is a frequently measured outcome in mental health system
performance monitoring yet its validity for evaluating quality of inpatient care is unclear. This …

Now in an extensively revised third edition with 65% new material, this is the authoritative
presentation of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) …

Context Previous work has demonstrated marked changes in inpatient mental health service
use by children and adolescents in the 1980s and early 1990s, but more recent …

The purpose of this research was to identify factors associated with lengthy stays in
psychiatric hospital in a UK mental health trust. A multiple regression using a multiple …

Hospital readmission rates are increasingly used as a performance indicator. Whether they
are a valid, reliable, and actionable measure for behavioral health is unknown. Using the …

Background. Aims of this study are to explore the associations of readmission to psychiatric
hospital over time, to develop a statistical model for early readmission to psychiatric hospital …

Background Serious mental illness (SMI), which encompasses a set of chronic conditions
such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychoses, accounts for 3.4 m (7%) total …

Background: Early discharge from psychiatric inpatient care may pose challenges for the
patient's recovery and may incite a rapid return to the hospital. This study identified …

Holtmann M, Duketis E, Poustka L, Zepf FD, Poustka F, Bölte S. Bipolar disorder in children
and adolescents in Germany: national trends in the rates of inpatients, 2000–2007. Bipolar …

Intensive home-based programs for youth with serious emotional disturbances operate in
nearly every state and occupy a critical position in the continuum of care: the threshold …