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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedOlfson M, Druss BG, Marcus SC
Trends in mental health care among children and adolescents.
This study examined national trends in the use of outpatient mental health services by children and adolescents, focusing on the severity of mental health impairment. It found that outpatient mental health treatment and psychotropic-medication use in children and adolescents increased in the United States between 1996–1998 and 2010–2012. Youths with less severe or no impairment accounting for most of the absolute increase in service use.
AHRQ-funded; HS021112.
Citation: Olfson M, Druss BG, Marcus SC .
Trends in mental health care among children and adolescents.
N Engl J Med 2015 May 21;372(21):2029-38. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa1413512..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Behavioral Health, Ambulatory Care and Surgery
Beadles CA, Ellis AR, Lichstein JC
First outpatient follow-up after psychiatric hospitalization: does one size fit all?
This study examined the timing of first outpatient follow-up and subsequent health care utilization for adults with serious mental illness (major depression or schizophrenia) and comorbid general medical conditions. It found that for patients not readmitted within 30 days, follow-up within 30 days appeared to be beneficial on the basis of subsequent service utilization.
AHRQ-funded; HS019659; HS000032.
Citation: Beadles CA, Ellis AR, Lichstein JC .
First outpatient follow-up after psychiatric hospitalization: does one size fit all?
Psychiatr Serv 2015 Apr;66(4):364-72. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400081..
Keywords: Hospitalization, Behavioral Health, Healthcare Utilization, Ambulatory Care and Surgery