BACKGROUND Patients with psychiatric disorders have a high rate of suicide. The present study investigated factors influencing hospital stays for Japanese patients with psychiatric disorders attempting suicide by jumping. METHODS We diagnosed all suicide attempts (n = 113) by jumping based on the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10) and investigated the mean hospita...

Psychiatric disorder prevalence has been shown demonstrably higher among justice-involved adolescents than youth in the general population. Yet, among arrested juveniles, little is known regarding racial/ethnic differences in disorder prevalence, the role of trauma exposure in the diagnosis of behavioral disorders, or subsequent psychiatric treatment provided to adolescents with such diagnoses....

BACKGROUND The Geriatric Psychiatry Outreach (GO) Program began in 2005 and provides in-home psychiatric evaluation and treatment for older adults who have difficulty getting to an office-based setting. METHOD An initial assessment was conducted on the first 100 patients seen by the program and follow-up treatment was provided as clinically indicated. RESULTS The mean age of patients seen w...

The relationship between juvenile delinquency and psychiatric disorders remains poorly understood. However, it is becoming more apparent that the spectrum of psychiatric illness present in juvenile delinquents is broader than once believed. Fifteen female juvenile delinquents committed to a residential treatment program were assessed for DSM-III diagnoses, using a structured diagnostic intervie...

OBJECTIVE To assess the accuracy of diagnoses made by referrers to a chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) service. DESIGN Retrospective service evaluation surveys of both rejected referral letters and medical case-notes after full clinical assessment. SETTING A specialist CFS clinic in London, UK. PARTICIPANTS In the first survey, we assessed rejected referral letters between March 2007 and Sep...

Preexisting mental disorders are not always considered in mental health studies with military populations, even though prior diagnoses may be a risk factor for additional psychiatric harm stemming from combat exposure, as well as postdeployment behavioral problems. The objectives of this study were to investigate postcombat psychiatric and career outcomes among Marines with preexisting mental d...

Electronic medical records (EMRs) facilitate more integrated and comprehensive care. Despite this, EMRs are used less frequently in psychiatry compared to other disciplines, part due concerns regarding stigma surrounding mental health. This paper explores the willingness share information among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), who experience higher rates of psychiatric comorbidities gener...