Open AccessMental Health Conservatorship Among Homeless People With Serious Mental Illness
Author(s) -
Kristen R. Choi,
Enrico G. Castillo,
Marissa J. Seamans,
Joseph H. Grotts,
Shayan Rab,
Ippolytos Kalofonos,
Meredith Mead,
Imani J. Walker,
Sarah L. Starks
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
psychiatric services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.517
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1557-9700
pISSN - 1075-2730
DOI - 10.1176/appi.ps.202100254
Subject(s) - mental health , medicine , mental illness , psychiatry , odds ratio , observational study , confidence interval , odds , psychiatric hospital , logistic regression , pathology
The purpose of this study was to examine associations between homelessness and length of psychiatric hospitalization and to explore the role of mental health conservatorship in determining discharge location for patients who are homeless and have a grave disability from serious mental illness.