Ethnic differences in emergency psychiatric care and hospitalization in a program for the severely mentally ill.

Full Abstract

Ethnic differences in rehospitalization were examined in a program of intensive services for severely mentally ill hospital recidivists. The purpose was to determine whether ethnicity-related differences in psychiatric admissions observed in national data would appear among clients at great risk for hospitalization but enrolled in a program of case-managed care to promote community adjustment and tenure. After accounting for differences in prior emergency visits and hospitalizations as well as sociodemographic and clinical differences, blacks were found more likely than whites to visit the psychiatric emergency room and to be hospitalized. The marked needs of the severely mentally ill and the intention to address these needs with services did not obviate the continuing importance of racial differences in explaining reliance on inpatient sources of care.

Author information

Author/s: Snowden, L R (LR); Holschuh, J (J);

Affiliation: School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: Community mental health journal (Community Ment Health J), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1992-Aug; vol 28 (issue 4) : pp 281-91

Dates: Created 1992/09/10; Completed 1992/09/10; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 1643837, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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