AJMC August 25, 2024
Brooke Kempf, PMHNP, from Indiana University Indianapolis, discusses the importance of timely outpatient care and how innovative approaches like long-acting injectables (LAIs) are helping to bridge the gap in treatment for schizophrenia.
In rural areas like Indiana, access to mental health care is a persistent challenge. Brooke Kempf, PMHNP, from Indiana University Indianapolis, draws from her career as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) to shed light on the barriers faced by patients with schizophrenia. Despite efforts to close the gap in care by training advanced practice providers, a severe shortage of mental health professionals remains. This shortage leads to significant delays in posthospitalization care, contributing to high rates of rehospitalization and medication nonadherence among patients. In this interview,...
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