“…This literature has identified predictors of repeated ED visits for mental health reasons including several socio-demographic, diagnostic and service use characteristics including: male gender [16,17], younger age [3,12,17,18], black or Hispanic race [12], unemployment [19,20], low income [3,17,18,21], homelessness [21,22], living alone [23], lacking social support [22], schizophrenia [3,12,18,20], psychosis [17,20], personality disorder [19,22,25], substance abuse [12,17,20,25], developmental delay [22], prior hospitalizations [21,22,24], history of detoxification [22], recent and increased use of outpatient treatment [21], current psychiatric treatment [25], and a history of incarceration [21].…”