title: Home visits: psychiatrists' attitudes and practice patterns.
abstract: Although home visits by psychiatrists have been shown to be an effective treatment strategy, the practice is not a common one in the United States. A survey of psychiatrists (n = 212) examined their attitudes toward home visits and their recent practice patterns. The researchers hypothesized that psychiatrists employed by community mental health centers were more likely to have a positive attitude toward home visits and were more likely to treat patients in their own homes than psychiatrists not working at such centers. This hypothesis was not confirmed. While a majority of the respondents agreed that home visits had diagnostic and treatment value, only 15 percent had made a home visit in the past year.
authors.affiliation: Western Michigan University, School of Public Affairs and Administration, Kalamazoo 49008.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Reding
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raphelson
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Montgomery
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005260:Female; D006792:House Calls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome