title: Utilization of behavioral health outpatient therapy and psychiatry services among homeless people recently hospitalized for a psychiatric condition.
abstract: A database (n = 1698) at a homeless health care center was used to assess factors associated with a psychiatric hospitalization and subsequent behavioral health outpatient therapy and psychiatry visit adherence. Blacks and those recently incarcerated were less likely to report a psychiatric hospitalization and those with a co-occurring disorder or disability were more likely to report a hospitalization. Of those hospitalized, blacks and those with bipolar disorder were less likely to be high adherers to behavioral health outpatient therapy and those incarcerated 4 to 6 months prior to intake were more likely not to attend behavioral health outpatient therapy. Men were at risk for not keeping psychiatry visits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (Dr Moczygemba); The Daily Planet, Richmond, Virginia (Mr Osborn); and Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester (Dr Lapane).
authors.forename: Leticia R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Moczygemba
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Osborn
authors.forename: Kate L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Lapane
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D014768:Virginia