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Adults with Severe Psychiatric Symptoms in a Community Partial Hospitalization Program: Characteristics and Predictors of Clinical Response

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Mental health wellbeing is a critical element in the overall wellbeing of an individual. Severe mental health issues are directly connected with the individual’s functioning and negatively impacts the quality of life. Inpatient psychiatric hospitalization does help significantly in stabilizing the acute serious mental health problems; however, the utility of community partial hospitalization program (PHP) has not been studied extensively. We undertook this study to assess the usefulness of community partial hospitalization program (PHP) in reducing severity of psychosomatic symptoms of patients; to study the epidemiology of the referred patients; and to elucidate the characteristics and predictors of psychosomatic symptom response. 164 patients were assessed by a baseline Behavioral and Symptom Identification Scale-32 (BASIS-32) at a tertiary healthcare center, out of which 82 patients subsequently followed up and were assessed using the same scale and the data was then stratified and compiled. Out of the initial 164 patients, at a 50% adherence rate, 13 patients showed an improvement greater than 30% with a significant co-relation to the race of the patients. Partial Hospitalization Program proved to be moderately effective in improving psychosomatic symptoms, with better results noticed in the White/Caucasian race. We need to consider several variables before generalizing this finding and more studies are needed in this area. However, we are able to highlight this valuable tool in addressing the severe mental health issues in a community-based populations.

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  1. Balanced Wellbeing LLC, Oxford, 34484, USA

    Parikshit Deshmukh

  2. Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Diplomat ABPM, Addiction Psychiatrist, Compass Health, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Gaurav Kulkarni

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Stephen J. Ganocy

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Deshmukh, P., Kulkarni, G. & Ganocy, S.J. Adults with Severe Psychiatric Symptoms in a Community Partial Hospitalization Program: Characteristics and Predictors of Clinical Response. Community Ment Health J 57, 667–674 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00725-1

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