Patients coming back after interruption of care in a community mental health center: Associations with care provision and psychopathological features

Psychiatrikē = Psychiatriki
D PloumpidisM Economou

Abstract

A large number of people with mental health problems do not receive any treatment and in a large number of patients under care the treatment is interrupted. Non-compliance to treatment, observed in many different settings, is a major challenge in providing mental health care. The aim of the present study was to assess the demographic, social and psychological characteristics of the patients coming back for help to community psychiatric services and to shed some light to the reasons of interrupting and coming back. Special emphasis was placed on the possible correlation with specific mental disorders and whether or not the treatment was completed. The survey was carried out at the Byron- Kessariani University Mental Health Center, in a middle-classes catchment area and offering free of charge services. During the years from 2012 to 2016: 346 patients interrupting treatment (PIT) came back, while 1643 new patients were registered. The PIT were assessed with a specific questionnaire consisting of 34 open and closed-ended questions on changes in socio-demographic data, diagnosis, reported causes of discontinuation of care, services provided, important life events, follow-up by other mental health services after interruption of care...Continue Reading

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