Treatment with medication for patients with psychosis within 2 days during waiting in the accident and emergency department and its correlation with length of in-patient stay: retrospective database study
Restarting patients with psychosis on medication they were taking within the week before A&E department attendance, within 2 days of arrival at the A&E department, is associated with statistically significant shorter admissions. The limitation is a relatively small sample size.
Authors
- Elliot Hampsey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6985-5646)
- Nacharin Phiphopthatsanee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3216-1936)
- Hannah Pasha Memon
Institutions
- King's College London (GB)
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (TH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJPsych Open
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.804
- Primary Topic
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00