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Repeat Psychiatric ER Visits Linked to Prior ER Use and Unstable Housing

by GLOOM

MHD card with a night-time hospital emergency entrance and a gold dotted loop running from the door to a small tilted house and back: in 1,070 Alberta adults, recent ER use and unstable housing predicted return psychiatric ER visits after discharge.

In a 2026 Alberta study of 1,070 adults leaving psychiatric hospital care, 40% returned to an emergency department for mental health reasons within a year. The strongest warning signs were social rather than clinical: a recent emergency visit before admission (3.72 times the odds), unstable housing (2.60 times), and unemployment (1.57 times).1 Research Highlights Recent …

Eating Disorder Hospital Discharge: 70 Clinicians Flag Outpatient Care Gaps

by GLOOM

MHD featured image for eating disorder hospital discharge and outpatient care gaps.

A 2026 Australian co-design study found that 70 of 73 surveyed health professionals, plus all 5 people with lived experience and all 6 carers interviewed, described outpatient care after eating-disorder hospital discharge as inadequate. Research Highlights Outpatient care was the main gap: 70 of 73 surveyed health professionals and all 11 interviewed patients/carers said care …