GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE RECEIPT OF AFTERCARE AND PSYCHIATRIC-HOSPITALIZATION AMONG ADULTS WITH SEVERE MENTAL-ILLNESS

Gender differences in receiving aftercare and being hospitalized for p ersons with severe mental illness were examined, For women, unique pre dictors for receiving aftercare were primarily treatment system respon siveness variables. For men, unique predictors of aftercare were from all categories and included being accompanied to the psychiatric emerg ency room (PER) by family or friends and having previous psychiatric a dmissions, More recent outpatient treatment and a greater number of pr evious admissions predicted hospitalization for both men and women. Re ceiving less intense aftercare predicted hospitalization for women but not men. Unique predictors of hospitalization for men were a higher l evel of education and a psychotic disorder diagnosis. Copyright (C) 19 98 by W.B. Saunders Company.