Open AccessPredictors of Receipt of Physical Health Services in Mental Health Clinics
Author(s) -
Joshua Breslau,
Riti Pritam,
Diana Guarasi,
Marcela HorvitzLen,
Molly Finnerty,
Hao Yu,
Emily LeckmanWestin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
community mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1573-2789
pISSN - 0010-3853
DOI - 10.1007/s10597-019-00399-4
Subject(s) - receipt , mental health , medical prescription , medicine , psychiatry , physical health , health care , family medicine , mental illness , public health , nursing , world wide web , computer science , economics , economic growth
To inform efforts to improve physical health care for adults with serious mental illness, this study examines predictors of provision and receipt of physical health services in freestanding mental health clinics in New York state. The number of services provided over the initial 12-months of implementation varied across clinics from 0 to 1407. Receipt of services was associated with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, frequent mental and physical health visits in the prior year, and prescription of antipsychotic medications. Additional support may also be needed to enable clinics to target patients without established patterns of frequent mental health or medical visits.