2021
Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy on Suicidal Behavior and Emergency Department Use Among Homeless Veterans: A Propensity Score-Matched Study.
Tsai J, Peltzman T, Watts BV, Shiner B. Effects of Electroconvulsive Therapy on Suicidal Behavior and Emergency Department Use Among Homeless Veterans: A Propensity Score-Matched Study. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2021, 82 PMID: 34705349, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.21m13935.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersElectroconvulsive TherapyEmergency Service, HospitalEmergency Services, PsychiatricFemaleHumansIll-Housed PersonsMaleMedical OveruseMental DisordersMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CarePatient DischargeSuicidal IdeationSuicide, AttemptedUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransConceptsElectroconvulsive therapyEmergency department useHomeless veteransDepartment useSuicidal ideationVeterans Affairs Health Care SystemNational VA administrative dataPropensity score-matched studySuicide attemptsFirst ECT sessionVA administrative dataPsychiatric inpatient unitHealth care systemECT sessionsED useAcute servicesInpatient unitTreatment engagementPsychiatric conditionsPropensity scoreSuicidal behaviorCare systemVeteransFurther studiesAdministrative data
2020
Frequent Episodic Utilizers of Veterans Health Administration Homeless Programs Use: Background Characteristics and Health Services Use
Szymkowiak D, Montgomery AE, Tsai J, O'Toole TP. Frequent Episodic Utilizers of Veterans Health Administration Homeless Programs Use: Background Characteristics and Health Services Use. Journal Of Public Health Management And Practice 2020, 28: e211-e218. PMID: 33208718, DOI: 10.1097/phh.0000000000001252.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpisodic useVHA Homeless ProgramsHomeless ProgramStepwise multivariate logistic regressionRetrospective cohort studyHealth service useMultivariate logistic regressionSubstance use disordersDiagnosis of psychosisHistory of incarcerationMilitary sexual traumaCohort studyAcute careEmergency departmentVHA servicesRisk factorsMore episodesMAIN OUTCOMEInpatient unitProgram useService useUse disordersVeterans Health Administration Homeless ProgramsLogistic regressionObservation period