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Use of psychiatric and medical health care by veterans with severe mental illness.

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Bosworth, HB; Calhoun, PS; Stechuchak, KM; Butterfield, MI
Published in: Psychiatr Serv
June 2004

Risk behaviors and health care use among 396 initially hospitalized veterans with severe mental illnesses were examined. Health care use was abstracted from Veterans Affairs databases (March 1998 to June 2000) for one year after hospital discharge. Lifetime intravenous drug use was related to increased use of outpatient services, and current alcohol use was related to decreased health care use. Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder had greater use of medical outpatient services than patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, although they had longer hospital stays. These results highlight that veterans with severe mental illness receive more treatment in medical than psychiatric health clinics.

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Psychiatr Serv

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ISSN

1075-2730

Publication Date

June 2004

Volume

55

Issue

6

Start / End Page

708 / 710

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • United States
  • Risk-Taking
  • Regression Analysis
  • Psychiatry
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Middle Aged
  • Mentally Ill Persons
  • Mental Health Services
  • Mental Disorders
 

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Bosworth, H. B., Calhoun, P. S., Stechuchak, K. M., & Butterfield, M. I. (2004). Use of psychiatric and medical health care by veterans with severe mental illness. Psychiatr Serv, 55(6), 708–710. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.6.708
Bosworth, Hayden B., Patrick S. Calhoun, Karen M. Stechuchak, and Marian I. Butterfield. “Use of psychiatric and medical health care by veterans with severe mental illness.Psychiatr Serv 55, no. 6 (June 2004): 708–10. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.6.708.
Bosworth HB, Calhoun PS, Stechuchak KM, Butterfield MI. Use of psychiatric and medical health care by veterans with severe mental illness. Psychiatr Serv. 2004 Jun;55(6):708–10.
Bosworth, Hayden B., et al. “Use of psychiatric and medical health care by veterans with severe mental illness.Psychiatr Serv, vol. 55, no. 6, June 2004, pp. 708–10. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/appi.ps.55.6.708.
Bosworth HB, Calhoun PS, Stechuchak KM, Butterfield MI. Use of psychiatric and medical health care by veterans with severe mental illness. Psychiatr Serv. 2004 Jun;55(6):708–710.
Journal cover image

Published In

Psychiatr Serv

DOI

ISSN

1075-2730

Publication Date

June 2004

Volume

55

Issue

6

Start / End Page

708 / 710

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • United States
  • Risk-Taking
  • Regression Analysis
  • Psychiatry
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Middle Aged
  • Mentally Ill Persons
  • Mental Health Services
  • Mental Disorders