The Effect of a Psychiatric Residency Program on Admission and Discharge Rates and Patient Disposition
TOKSOZ B. KARASU M.D.1,
ROBERT PLUTCHIK PH.D.2,
PHILIP HERSCHENFELD M.D.3, , and
BARBARA SIEGEL 4
1 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y. and Associate Director, Department of Psychiatry, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Pelham Parkway South and Eastchester Rd., Bronx, N.Y. 10461
2 Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y. and Director, Program Development and Clinical Research, Department of Psychiatry, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Pelham Parkway South and Eastchester Rd., Bronx, N.Y. 10461
3 Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y. and Assistant Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Pelham Parkway South and Eastchester Rd., Bronx, N.Y. 10461
4 Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Pelham Parkway South and Eastchester Rd., Bronx, N.Y. 10461
This study examined the effect of a residency training program on the services delivered to patients on two psychiatric wards of a general hospital. Data obtained before and after the introduction of the program indicated that screening procedures and the relationship between ward and intake services improved, uninteresting cases were not "dumped." and treatment was focused on the more seriously ill patients.
