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Gender-specific research on mental illness in the emergency department: current knowledge and future directions
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Gender-specific research on mental illness in the emergency department: current knowledge and future directions

Megan L Ranney, Natalie Locci, Erica J Adams, Marian Betz, David B Burmeister, Ted Corbin, Preeti Dalawari, Jeanne L Jacoby, Judith Linden, Jonathan Purtle, …
Academic emergency medicine, v 21(12), pp 1395-1402
Dec 2014
PMID: 25413369
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https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.12524View
Published, Version of Record (VoR)Maybe Open Access (Publisher Bronze) Open

Abstract

Antipsychotic Agents - administration & dosage Clinical Protocols Emergency Service, Hospital - organization & administration Gender Identity Health Services Research Humans Male Mass Screening - methods Mental Disorders - diagnosis Mental Disorders - drug therapy Mental Disorders - epidemiology Referral and Consultation - organization & administration Risk Factors Sex Characteristics Sex Factors Violence - prevention & control
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.

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