Research Roundup is a monthly public service of the Office of Research and Public Affairs. Each edition describes a striking new data point about severe mental illness and summarizes recently published research reports or developments. 

Research Roundup is a monthly public service of the Office of Research and Public Affairs. Each edition describes a striking new data point about severe mental illness and summarizes recently published research reports or developments. 

Research Roundup is a monthly public service of the Office of Research and Public Affairs. Each edition describes a striking new data point about severe mental illness and summarizes recently published research reports or developments. 

Inpatient psychiatric care is an integral component of a full continuum of psychiatric care for individuals with severe mental illness, including those with increased risk for suicide. New research suggests that high psychiatric bed occupancy rates are associated with an increased risk for suicide.

Inpatient psychiatric care is an integral component of a full continuum of psychiatric care for individuals with severe mental illness, including those with increased risk for suicide. New research suggests that high psychiatric bed occupancy rates are associated with an increased risk for suicide.

 A new study published in Psychiatric Services found that the presence of a co-response team reduced the likelihood of arrest at the crisis incident but resulted in a higher likelihood of future involvement with emergency medical services in the following year.

Individuals who experience early episode psychosis were more likely to visit the emergency department for mental health related issues and to have an inpatient psychiatric hospital stay than those with late episode psychosis.

Inpatient care is a vital component of the full continuum of psychiatric care for individuals with serious mental illness who may need such intensive treatment in order to successfully stabilize. Mental illness or substance use disorders were in the top five reasons for inpatient hospitalization for individuals in the youngest age groups under 45 years old.

People with mental health disorders, particularly those with severe mental illness, are at higher risk of dying from COVID-19. 

Research Roundup is a monthly public service of the Office of Research and Public Affairs. Each edition describes a striking new data point about severe mental illness and summarizes recently published research reports or developments.