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Psychiatry referral and appointment attendance in a clinic for young adults with sickle cell disease

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Mental illness is a common sickle cell disease (SCD) comorbidity. This observational study evaluated psychiatry appointment attendance among 137 young adults with SCD. In their first year of adult SCD care, 43% of subjects were referred to psychiatry. Referral was associated with chronic transfusion therapy. Twenty-four percent of subjects attended a psychiatry appointment; attendance was associated with the appointment being scheduled within 6 weeks of referral and no subject characteristics. Ninety-one percent of subjects attending psychiatry appointments had a psychiatric disorder. Among young adults with SCD, psychiatric morbidity is high. Psychiatric services are, therefore, essential for this patient population.

Source: Pediatric Blood & Cancer

DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30860

Authors: Elizabeth J. Prince, C. Patrick Carroll, Lydia H. Pecker

Institutions: Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders

Subfield: Genetics (clinical)

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute