Table 2.

Psychiatrist Characteristics and Attitudes by Practice Setting

	Total, n=308	Private, n=135	Community mental health center, n=80	Inpatient/outpatient facility, n=93	p value
Psychiatrist characteristics
Male, n (%)	171 (55.9%)	85 (63.4%)	42 (52.5%)	44 (47.8%)	0.05
White, non-Hispanic, n (%)	215 (70.5%)	101 (75.9%)	46 (58.2%)	68 (73.1%)	0.02
Board certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, n (%)	223 (74.6%)	99 (76.2%)	50 (64.9%)	74 (80.4%)	0.06
Age, mean (SD)	53.7 (11.4)	56.2 (11.2)	53.4 (12.4)	50.5 (10.1)	<0.001
Years in practice, mean (SD)	18.8 (11.3)	21.3 (11.5)	17.9 (11.8)	15.9 (9.7)	0.001
Psychiatrist attitudes and use of SGAs
Off-label SGA use, n (%)	103 (35.9%)	36 (28.4%)	32 (41.0%)	35 (42.7%)	0.06
Feel the risk of metabolic syndrome is low enough to warrant the use of SGAs, n (%)	102 (33.3%)	56 (41.8%)	23 (28.8%)	23 (25.0%)	0.02
Are comfortable performing a physical examination on patients, n (%)	112 (36.7%)	36 (27.1%)	27 (34.2%)	49 (52.7%)	<0.001
Feel patients are noncompliant with blood work, n (%)	162 (53.3%)	55 (41.7%)	57 (72.2%)	50 (53.8%)	<0.001
Practice characteristics
More than 50% of patients have private insurance, n (%)	127 (45.7%)	102 (82.9%)	3 (4.1%)	22 (26.8%)	<0.001
Electronic health records, n (%)	125 (41.1%)	23 (17.3%)	48 (60.8%)	54 (58.7%)	<0.001
Can measure vital signs, height, and weight on site, n (%)	262 (85.3%)	94 (70.2%)	76 (95.0%)	92 (98.9%)	<0.001
Can get blood drawn on site, n (%)	79 (26.0%)	11 (8.2%)	13 (16.9%)	55 (59.1%)	<0.001
Visits per week, median (25th–75th percentile)	40.0 (20.0, 60.0)	40.0 (30,0, 60.0)	50.0 (30.0, 75.0)	20.0 (10.0, 40.0)	0.002
Population density, n (%)					<0.001
Urban	144 (48.5%)	50 (37.6%)	40 (51.3%)	54 (62.8%)
Suburban	123 (41.4%)	72 (54.1%)	23 (29.5%)	28 (32.6%)
Rural	30 (10.1%)	11 (8.3%)	15 (19.2%)	4 (4.7%)

SGA, second generation antipsychotics.