Predictors of inpatient psychiatric admission in patients presenting to the emergency department: the role of dimensional assessment.

Objective: To identify which patient factors predict psychiatric hospitalization in patients presenting to the emergency department and to examine the role of the dimensional approach to psychopathology in predicting hospitalization.

Methods: We consecutively recruited 312 patients undergoing psychiatric evaluation in the emergency room of a hospital in Rome over a 6-month period. Patients were rated on the SVARAD (Scala per la Valutazione Rapida Dimensionale), a scale designed for the rapid assessment of the main psychopathological dimensions.

[Clinician' emotional resonance as investigation tool: development and preliminary validation of a questionnaire].

Aims: A robust psychopathological and psychotherapeutic tradition underscores the importance of the clinician's feelings in the assessment and therapeutic process. Our aim is to develop an instrument to evaluate psychiatrist' experience induced by each patient. This paper describes the development and preliminary validation of this instrument.