How do you decide when and how often to reach out to patients with serious mental illness who are disengaging from care due to psychosocial stressors?

Outreach is always determined on a case-by-case basis, so it's difficult to give a definitive answer on this. Important factors to consider are the person's functional status, potential risk for harm without care, their decision-making ability, and the intensity of stressors. Obviously, those who ar...

My office will reach out several times. If no response, I will send a formal termination letter with the option to reapply to my practice. That way, I'm not responsible for future problems. I will always continue prescriptions for 60 days.