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Impediments to psychiatric hospital discharge: What different professional groups think
Author(s) -
Groveman Alan M.,
Nathan Peter E.,
Fagley N. S.,
Brown Elisabeth W.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198603)42:2<377::aid-jclp2270420229>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - psychiatric hospital , hospital discharge , psychology , psychiatry , homicide , rehabilitation , suicide prevention , medicine , poison control , medical emergency , neuroscience , intensive care medicine
Perceived impediments to psychiatric hospital discharge were investigated across six professional groups. Seventy‐nine psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, rehabilitation personnel, registered nurses, and psychiatric aides were asked to select five behaviors and five other factors that they believed impeded hospital discharge. Violent behaviors, such as suicide, homicide, and damaging property, and financial factors, such as inadequate funds and inadequate living arrangements, emerged as the two areas that hospital staff consistently selected as principal impediments to discharge. Treatment plans of 20 patients were surveyed to ascertain whether the behaviors and other factors identified by staff were reflected in treatment goals.