Using a psychiatric case register, 549 patients who had extramural contacts with the South Verona, Italy, community psychiatric service in 1983 were selected and followed up for 3 yrs. Out of 12,429 extramural contacts, 16% were unplanned (drop-in) contacts. A linear-logistic model was used to investigate the joint effects of sociodemographic and clinical variables on the frequency of unplanned extramural contacts. The model to fit the data was complex, confirming that many interactions among the variables affect the probability of using the community services on an urgent or unplanned basis. (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
The demand for extramural psychiatric intervention in a community-based service
TANSELLA, Michele;
1989-01-01
Abstract
Using a psychiatric case register, 549 patients who had extramural contacts with the South Verona, Italy, community psychiatric service in 1983 were selected and followed up for 3 yrs. Out of 12,429 extramural contacts, 16% were unplanned (drop-in) contacts. A linear-logistic model was used to investigate the joint effects of sociodemographic and clinical variables on the frequency of unplanned extramural contacts. The model to fit the data was complex, confirming that many interactions among the variables affect the probability of using the community services on an urgent or unplanned basis. (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
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