Psychiatric Services From Pages To Practice

Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss two articles: 1) A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to transitions from the emergency department to outpatient mental health care 2) Supporting the mental health workforce during and after COVID-19. Dr. Druss is a psychiatrist and a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the School of Public Health at Emory University. How research interests and career path have provided expertise on these two seemingly very disparate articles (1:36) Background on interests in emergency department transitions (3:01) Methodology of ED transition study (4:23) Questions asked of subjects (7:52) Client, provider, and system perspectives (8:50) Social determinants of treatment seeking and post-discharge care (12:09) Surprising findings (14:38) How ED visits are often a confluence of factors that are outside of the control of patients (16:35) Structural factors compounding transition difficulties (18:38) How technical