Gender-Specific Research on Mental Illness in the Emergency Department: Current Knowledge and Future Directions.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-2014
Abstract
Mental illness is a growing, and largely unaddressed, problem for the population and for emergency department (ED) patients in particular. Extensive literature outlines sex and gender differences in mental illness' epidemiology and risk and protective factors. Few studies, however, examined sex and gender differences in screening, diagnosis, and management of mental illness in the ED setting. Our consensus group used the nominal group technique to outline major gaps in knowledge and research priorities for these areas, including the influence of violence and other risk factors on the course of mental illness for ED patients. Our consensus group urges the pursuit of this research in general and conscious use of a gender lens when conducting, analyzing, and authoring future ED-based investigations of mental illness.
Volume
21
Issue
12
First Page
1395
Last Page
1402
ISSN
1553-2712
Published In/Presented At
Ranney, M. L., Locci, N., Adams, E. J., Betz, M., Burmeister, D. B., Corbin, T., & ... Houry, D. E. (2014). Gender-specific research on mental illness in the emergency department: current knowledge and future directions. Academic Emergency Medicine: Official Journal Of The Society For Academic Emergency Medicine, 21(12), 1395-1402. doi:10.1111/acem.12524
Disciplines
Emergency Medicine | Mental and Social Health | Psychiatric and Mental Health
PubMedID
25413369
LVHN link
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mnh&AN=25413369&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Peer Reviewed for front end display
Peer-Reviewed
Department(s)
Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty
Document Type
Article