Outpatient Psychiatrists' Practices for Requesting Prior Treatment Records

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Distribution of respondents by training completion date.

Table 1

Respondents Who Would Request Prior Treatment Records, and Perceived SOC

Source of Treatment Record	Would Likely or Definitely Request From This Source	SOC is Usually or Always Requested From This Source	Would Never Request Records from This Source	SOC Is Never to Request Records From This Source
Psychiatrist seen within past year	91 (82)	78.4 (69)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Therapist seen within past year	88.9 (80)	80.2 (69)	1.1 (1)	0 (0)
Current primary care physician	70 (64)	60.7 (54)	1.1 (1)	1.1 (1)
Referring emergency room	70 (64)	58.4 (52)	6.6 (6)	3.4 (3)
Psychiatric hospitalization 5 years ago	50.6 (45)	31.5 (28)	4.5 (4)	3.4 (3)
Psychiatrist seen 3 years ago	31 (28)	25 (22)	3.3 (3)	3.4 (3)
Therapist seen >3 years ago	25 (23)	20 (17)	4.3 (4)	3.5 (3)
Psychiatrist seen 10 years ago	17.6 (16)	12.6 (11)	13.2 (12)	14.9 (13)