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      An analysis of relationships among peer support, psychiatric hospitalization, and crisis stabilization.

      Community Mental Health Journal
      Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Community Mental Health Services, utilization, Crisis Intervention, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Georgia, Hospitalization, statistics & numerical data, Humans, Male, Medicaid, Mental Disorders, rehabilitation, therapy, Middle Aged, Patient Discharge, Peer Group, United States, Young Adult

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          This study's objective was to investigate how peer support relates to psychiatric hospitalization and crisis stabilization utilization outcomes. The likelihood of experiencing a psychiatric hospitalization or a crisis stabilization was modeled for consumers using peer support services and a control group of consumers using community mental health services but not peer support with 2003 and 2004 Georgia Medicaid claims data; 2003 and 2004 Mental Health, Developmental Disability, and Addictive Diseases (MHDDAD) Community Information System data; and 2003 and 2004 MHDDAD Hospital Information System data. Peer support was associated with an increased likelihood (odds = 1.345) of crisis stabilization, a decreased but statistically insignificant likelihood (odds = 0.871) of psychiatric hospitalization overall, and a decreased and statistically significant (odds = .766) likelihood of psychiatric hospitalization for those who did not have a crisis stabilization episode.

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