Psychiatric hospitalization: treatment or triage? |
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Authors: | R L Pullen L A Labbate |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychiatry, Fort Drum, Watertown, NY 13601. |
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Abstract: | We examined the outcome of active duty psychiatric inpatients (N = 101) 2 years after admission. Most patients were young with minor diagnoses (adjustment disorders), yet only 20% were still on active duty 2 years later. This compared poorly with national retention rates for all lengths of time in service (p < 0.0001). Longer time in service and low severity of diagnosis predicted a better outcome. We discuss implications of these findings. |
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