Vast Majority of Psychiatric Treatment in Community Hospitals Occurs in Specialty Units
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA)Over 90 percent of psychiatric patients who received treatment in community hospitals were cared for in hospital-based psychiatric specialty units, according to a study sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and published today in Psychiatric Services.