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K Siska

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PubMed1996

A descriptive study of emergency admissions to Farview State Hospital.

The prison population in the United States has grown steadily in the past 15 years. Farview State Hospital in Waymart, Pennsylvania annually provides service to approximately 350 to 400 inmates. This is less than 10 percent of the potential need for psychiatric treatment for the state. Emergency psychiatric admissions are a burden on the mental health system, as these inmates are given priority. This descriptive study identified profiles of emergency admissions for the period of July 1, 1990 to June 30, 1993. During this time, 86 emergency admissions occurred. Differences between state correctional and local county prison inmate admissions are described. The short stays of emergency admissions indicate that Farview is achieving its goal of stabilization of the mentally disordered inmate for return to the correctional facility. More research needs to be done to compare emergency and regular admissions for both diagnosis and length of stay.

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PubMed1994

Change in medical students' attitudes about primary care during the third year of medical school.

PURPOSE: This study explores how medical students' attitudes and career interests change over the third year, and it investigates the potential of an attitudinal instrument to predict specialty interest. METHOD: A total of 106 students in the classes of 1992-1994 at the Clinical Campus at Binghamton of the State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse College of Medicine were surveyed at the beginning and end of their third year about specialty interests and attitudes toward medical care practices. The students were divided into primary care, non-primary-care, and undecided groups based on end-of-year preferences. Statistical methods used were paired t-tests and one-way analysis of variance. RESULTS: Complete data were collected for 99 (93%) of the students: 23 (23%) in the primary care, 60 (61%) in the non-primary-care, and 16 (16%) in the undecided groups. Beginning-of-the-year differences were found among the groups on only four of 29 attitudinal items (p < .05). By the end of the year, the students in the non-primary-care group had changed on more items than those in the primary care and undecided groups. The students in the primary care and the non-primary-care groups diverged on statements relating to physician roles concerning control and treatment of patients. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that as students experience direct patient care, the attitudes of students preferring non-primary-care specialties diverge from those who prefer primary care specialties. Attitudinal changes relate primarily to the control of patient care and the role of specialists.

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