Background This longitudinal study identified risk factors for frequency of hospitalization
among patients with any medical condition who had previously visited one of six Quebec …

Objectives This study identified factors associated with frequency of emergency department
(ED) use for mental health (MH) reasons in Quebec during 2015–2016. Methods …

Objectives Behavioral health–related emergency department (ED) visits have been linked
with ED overcrowding, an increased demand on limited resources, and a longer length of …

Objective This study describes the profile of people with mental disorders attending
emergency departments (EDs) in two countries and to identify specific mental disorders …

Objective This paper identifies the characteristics of emergency department (ED) attendees
with a referral to their Mental Health Liaison Service (MHLS) who are at increased risk for …

Objective This 5-year longitudinal study evaluated patients with an onset of mental disorder
(MD) following index emergency department (ED) visits, in terms of (1) patient profiles based …

Objective: Follow-up after psychiatric emergency department (ED) contact is key to
optimizing outcomes for vulnerable patients. We aimed to quantify the likelihood of receiving …

Background Patients with mental disorders are more likely to be frequent emergency
department (ED) users than patients with somatic illnesses. There is little information about …

Objective: This study measured the presence, extent, and type of behavioral health factors in
a high-cost Medicare population and their association with the probability and intensity of …

Objectives: To characterize psychiatric‐related emergency department visits (PREDVs)
among adults in the United States for the year 2000 and to analyze PREDV trends from …