Open AccessRole of the General Practitioner in the Care of Patients Recently Discharged From the Hospital After a First Psychotic Episode
Author(s) -
Joanorton,
Emmanuelle Rivoiron-Besset,
Michel David,
Isabelle Jaussent,
Cindy Prud’homme,
JeanPhilippe Boulenger,
Anthony Mann,
Karen Ritchie,
Delphine Capdevielle
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
primary care companion to cns disorders/the primary care companion for cns disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 2155-7772
pISSN - 2155-7780
DOI - 10.4088/pcc.11m01180
Subject(s) - medicine , general hospital , prospective cohort study , psychiatry , cohort , hospital care , family medicine , hospital discharge , emergency medicine , health care , intensive care medicine , economics , economic growth
It is unclear to what extent general practitioners are involved in the postdischarge care of patients hospitalized for a first psychotic episode and whether this involvement is influenced by length of stay in the hospital. The objectives of this study were to describe the role of the general practitioner in providing postdischarge care to patients with first-episode psychosis in terms of frequency and type of consultation and the extent of collaboration with hospital-based specialist services and to determine whether decreasing length of stay was accompanied by a modification in this role.