Effect of Delays in Civil Commitment Hearings on Outcomes Among Psychiatric Inpatients

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Length of stay intervals related to admission, commitment hearing, and discharge.

Table 1

Cohort Characteristics

Variable	n (%)
Gender
Male	50 (45.8)
Female	59 (54.1)
Principal diagnosis
Dementia	1 (0.9)
Major depressive disorder without psychosis	4 (3.7)
Major depressive disorder with psychosis	4 (3.7)
Mood disorder not otherwise specified	4 (3.7)
Psychosis not otherwise specified	10 (9.2)
Schizoaffective disorder	29 (26.6)
Schizophrenia	33 (30.3)
Bipolar disorder type II, depressed	1 (0.9)
Bipolar disorder type I, depressed	2 (1.8)
Bipolar disorder type I, manic, without psychosis	3 (2.8)
Bipolar disorder type I, manic, with psychosis	17 (15.6)
Substance use disorder	44 (40.4)
Antipsychotic polypharmacy	11 (10.1)
Medication-over-objection hearing	4 (3.7)
Long-acting injectable antipsychotic	13 (11.9)
Homeless	24 (22.0)
Medication nonadherence	29 (26.6)
Current legal problems	6 (5.5)
Uninsured	15 (13.8)
Public insurance (i.e., Medicare or Medicaid)	66 (60.6)
Received civil commitment	81 (74.3)
Transferred to state hospital	4 (3.7)
Age, mean ± SD	38.9 ± 15.1
Number of diagnoses, mean ± SD	1.8 ± 0.95
Pre-hearing length of stay, mean ± SD	7.4 ± 2.6

Table 2

Outcomes

Variable	Mean ± SD
Total length of stay	24.0 ± 17.2
Post-hearing length of stay	16.6 ± 16.3
Time to first readmission	142.7 ± 160.6
Number of readmissions within 1 year	0.85 ± 3.7
Readmitted within 1 year, n (%)	43 ± 39.5