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How do you decide when and how often to reach out to patients with serious mental illness who are disengaging from care due to psychosocial stressors?

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Psychiatry · University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Outreach is always determined on a case-by-case basis, so it's difficult to give a definitive answer on this. Important factors to consider are the person's functional status, potential risk for harm without care, their decision-making ability, and the intensity of stressors. Obviously, those who ar...

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Psychiatry · Private Practice

My office will reach out several times. If no response, I will send a formal termination letter with the option to reapply to my practice. That way, I'm not responsible for future problems. I will always continue prescriptions for 60 days.

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