Table 1. Characterization of survey responses.
SD, standard deviation
| Variables | Responses | |||||
| Survey Setting | Inpatient | Outpatient | ||||
| 10 (16%) | 52 (84%) | |||||
| Age | Mean: 41.4 (SD 12.1) | |||||
| Sex | Male | Female | ||||
| 27 (44%) | 34 (56%) | |||||
| Race | White | Black | Other | |||
| 21 (35%) | 32 (53%) | 7 (12%) | ||||
| Marital Status | Married | Not Married | ||||
| 8 (13%) | 52 (87%) | |||||
| How many times have you been admitted to a psychiatric hospital? | Once | More than Once | ||||
| 13 (21%) | 48 (79%) | |||||
| When was your most recent admission? | Currently inpatient | Within last month | With last 6 months | |||
| 10 (19%) | 10 (19%) | 33 (62%) | ||||
| Were you admitted against your will? | Wanted/agreed with admission | Against will | ||||
| 50 (82%) | 11 (18%) | |||||
| Did your outpatient provider have a role in your admission? | Yes | No | Don’t know/Not sure | |||
| 9 (15%) | 39 (65%) | 12 (20%) | ||||
| Were you pressurized into signing a voluntary form? | Yes | No | Don’t know/Not sure | |||
| 6 (12%) | 35 (73%) | 7 (15%) | ||||
| Was probate court involved? | Yes | No | Don’t know/Not sure | |||
| 2 (3%) | 52 (90%) | 4 (7%) | ||||
| Did you feel pressurized into taking medications? | Yes | No | ||||
| 7 (11%) | 55 (89%) | |||||
| Was police involved in bringing you to the hospital? | Yes | No | Don’t know/Not sure | |||
| 17 (28%) | 37 (62%) | 6 (10%) | ||||
| The admission was necessary for me to maintain safety in a time of crisis | 42 (68%) | |||||
| The admission was an over-reaction, and was not helpful, and not necessary | 10 (16%) | |||||
| Regardless of whether I think that being in the hospital was necessary, I am dissatisfied with the way I was treated | 3 (5%) | |||||
| None of the above | 12 (19%) | |||||
| How long ago did you have your first visit with your current outpatient psychiatric provider? | 1st visit | <6 m | 6 m – 1 yr | >1 yr | ||
| 12 (20%) | 12 (20%) | 11 (18%) | 25 (42%) | |||
| How many visits since discharge? | No previous | 1 previous | 2 previous | > 3 | ||
| 8 (16%) | 11 (22%) | 7 (14%) | 23 (37%) | |||
| Did your hospitalization have any impact on your ability to trust: | ||||||
| Your outpatient provider | No impact | Able to trust more | Able to trust less | |||
| 29 (49%) | 21 (36%) | 9 (15%) | ||||
| Psychiatrists in general | No impact | Able to trust more | Able to trust less | |||
| 29 (49%) | 22 (37%) | 8 (14%) | ||||
| Since your inpatient psychiatric stay, are you more likely or less likely to report the following to your psychiatric provider: | ||||||
| Thoughts of harming self | No change | More likely | Less likely | |||
| 16 (29%) | 20 (36%) | 20 (36%) | ||||
| Thoughts of harming others | No change | More likely | Less likely | |||
| 22 (41%) | 18 (33%) | 14 (26%) | ||||
| Hearing voices | No change | More likely | Less likely | |||
| 25 (44%) | 19 (33%) | 13 (23%) | ||||
| Not taking medications as prescribed | No change | More likely | Less likely | |||
| 22 (38%) | 24 (41%) | 12 (21%) | ||||
| Alcohol or recreational drug use | No change | More likely | Less likely | |||
| 22 (40%) | 17 (31%) | 16 (29%) | ||||
| Working Alliance Scale overall score | Mean: 4.32 (SD 1.04) | |||||
| A. My psychiatric provider and I respect each other. | Mean: 4.55 (SD 1.05) | |||||
| B. I feel that my psychiatric provider appreciates me. | Mean: 4.23 (SD 1.20) | |||||
| C. I feel that my psychiatric provider cares about me even when I do things that he/she does not approve of. | Mean: 4.25 (SD 1.14) | |||||
| D. My psychiatric provider and I are working towards goals that we agreed on together. | Mean: 4.32 (SD 1.11) | |||||
| E. My psychiatric provider and I agree on what is important for me to work on. | Mean: 4.35 (SD 1.11) | |||||
| F. I believe the way we are working with my problem is correct. | Mean: 4.25 (SD 1.10) | |||||