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

Elizabeth J PrinceC Patrick CarrollLydia H Pecker
Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2024)
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.
Keyphrases
  • mental health
  • sickle cell disease
  • mental illness
  • primary care
  • young adults
  • healthcare
  • palliative care
  • middle aged
  • cardiac surgery
  • bone marrow
  • quality improvement
  • childhood cancer
  • replacement therapy