Document Type
Poster
Associated Faculty
Dr. Valerie Herbert
Sponsoring Academic Department
School of Nursing
Publication Date
2025
Abstract/ Summary
There has been an increase in the need for mental health services for adolescents ranging from 13-18 years old. The influx of mental health needs has overcome the inpatient resources available, causing healthcare professionals to look at alternatives such as community health resources. This problem has been identified through clinical practice in areas such as inpatient pediatric psychiatric care and behavioral health units in emergency departments. The focus is to identify if community support systems such as outpatient psychiatric programs, decrease the rate of inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations. A literature review was conducted from databases such as PubMed, and CINAHL, including only peer reviewed articles published within the last five years. Keywords used in research included: reduction in psychiatric hospitalizations, psychiatric inpatient care, outpatient psychiatric services, outpatient mental health treatment, inpatient vs. outpatient mental health care, inpatient adolescent, mental health admissions, psychiatric readmissions readmission rates, mental health adolescents, and outpatient services. Articles that did not include information of hospital admissions related to mental health were not included. Studies showed that implementing transitional care after an inpatient hospitalization and continual psychiatric care post-hospitalization, decreased rates of mental health related in patient hospital admissions. Furthermore, other research suggested that initiating thorough discharge planning, residential treatment, and medication compliance also decrease psychiatric inpatient admissions. These recommendations of community resources help decrease the rate of first time admissions and readmissions for inpatient hospitalizations.
Repository Citation
Rusk, Eleanore F.; Kirkpatrick, Willoe; and Peters, Erin, "The Impact of Psychiatric Outpatient Resources on Reducing Inpatient Readmission" (2025). Non-Thesis Student Work. 85.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/student_work/85
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