2012
Mental-health conditions, barriers to care, and productivity loss among officers in an urban police department.
Fox J, Desai MM, Britten K, Lucas G, Luneau R, Rosenthal MS. Mental-health conditions, barriers to care, and productivity loss among officers in an urban police department. Connecticut Medicine 2012, 76: 525-31. PMID: 23155671, PMCID: PMC4089972.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Time Trends and Predictors of Suicide Among Mental Health Outpatients in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Desai MM, Rosenheck RA, Desai RA. Time Trends and Predictors of Suicide Among Mental Health Outpatients in the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Journal Of Behavioral Health Services & Research 2007, 35: 115-124. PMID: 17990123, DOI: 10.1007/s11414-007-9092-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health outpatientsVeterans AffairsNational Death Index dataDeath Index dataSuicide ratesMental health spendingMore chronic patientsMental health servicesMental health expendituresMental health programsPredictors of suicideMultivariable predictorsChronic patientsProtective effectVA populationNonsignificant trendInpatient servicesHealth servicesPatient volumeHealth programsGreater riskOlder ageSuicide riskOutpatientsFacility level
2003
Trends in Discharge Disposition, Mortality, and Service Use Among Long-Stay Psychiatric Patients in the 1990s
Desai MM, Rosenheck RA. Trends in Discharge Disposition, Mortality, and Service Use Among Long-Stay Psychiatric Patients in the 1990s. Psychiatric Services 2003, 54: 542-548. PMID: 12663843, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.4.542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAffective Disorders, PsychoticAgedBrain DiseasesCensusesCohort StudiesFemaleHealth Facility ClosureHospital MortalityHospitals, VeteransHumansLength of StayMaleMental Health ServicesMentally Ill PersonsMiddle AgedPatient DischargePsychotic DisordersUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsUtilization ReviewConceptsDischarge dispositionThree-year followService usePrincipal diagnosisPsychiatric patientsVA mental health servicesLong-stay psychiatric patientsLong-stay bedsLong-stay cohortsStay Psychiatric PatientsVA administrative databasesMental health bedsMental health inpatientsLong-term inpatientsVA service useMental health servicesPatient's principal diagnosisMental health systemFiscal year 1991Administrative databasesMortality ratePsychotic disordersHealth servicesPatientsCohort