Gender‐specific Research on Mental Illness in the Emergency Department: Current Knowledge and Future Directions |
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| Authors: | Megan L. Ranney MD MPH Natalie Locci Erica J. Adams MD Marian Betz MD MPH David B. Burmeister DO Ted Corbin MD MPP Preeti Dalawari MD MSPH Jeanne L. Jacoby MD Judith Linden MD Jonathan Purtle DrPH MSc Carol North MD MPE Debra E. Houry MD MPH |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Injury Prevention Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University, , Providence, RI;2. Alpert Medical School, Brown University, , Providence, RI;3. Injury and Public Health Program and Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, , Philadelphia, PA;4. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, , Aurora, CO;5. Department of Emergency Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network/USF Morsani College of Medicine, , Allentown, PA;6. Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine. Saint Louis University School of Medicine, , St. Louis, MO;7. Department Emergency Medicine Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine, , Boston, MA;8. Department of Psychiatry and Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, , Dallas, TX;9. Emory Center for Injury Control, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University, , Atlanta, GA |
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| Abstract: | Mental illness is a growing, and largely unaddressed, problem for the population and for emergency department (ED) patients in particular. Extensive literature outlines sex and gender differences in mental illness' epidemiology and risk and protective factors. Few studies, however, examined sex and gender differences in screening, diagnosis, and management of mental illness in the ED setting. Our consensus group used the nominal group technique to outline major gaps in knowledge and research priorities for these areas, including the influence of violence and other risk factors on the course of mental illness for ED patients. Our consensus group urges the pursuit of this research in general and conscious use of a gender lens when conducting, analyzing, and authoring future ED‐based investigations of mental illness. |
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