TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Boundary-spanning care: reducing psychiatric rehospitalization and self-injury in a jail population
JO  - Journal of correctional health care
A1  - Bursac, Rahela
A1  - Raffa, Laura
A1  - Solimo, Angela
A1  - Bell, Connor
A1  - Ford, Elizabeth
SP  - 365
EP  - 370
VL  - 24
IS  - 4
N2  - Individuals with serious mental illness detained in jail may require frequent psychiatric hospitalization due to the destabilizing nature of the jail environment. This study examined the impact of a pilot treatment program involving continuity of patient care across jail and hospital settings aimed at reducing hospitalizations and negative health outcomes for a population of high-risk, incarcerated individuals with mental illness. This study examined rate ratios of psychiatric hospitalizations, injuries, and suicide watches, comparing 15 patients in the treatment program to themselves pretreatment and to a control group of 15 frequently rehospitalized patients. Patients in treatment experienced significant decreases in overall hospitalizations ( p <.001), 15-day rehospitalizations ( p <.002), and suicide watches in jail ( p <.02), compared to themselves pretreatment. A boundary-spanning treatment program lowered hospitalization rates and need for suicide watch for a small, yet clinically complicated and challenging group of patients.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1078-3458
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078345818792055
ID  - ref1
ER  -