Improper Eye Care During Inpatient Psychiatric Stay

Literature has shown that unrecognized physical illnesses may exacerbate psychiatric symptoms leading to inpatient psychiatric hospitalization (1). In the U.S. there are approximately 257 per 100,000 population admissions to psychiatric hospitals, and 480 per 100,000 population admissions to psychiatric beds in a general hospital in 2011 (2).  While medical clearance is often done in the emergency room before admittance, it is highly likely that investigation about the use of vision correction is often not asked in the emergency room or on inpatient unit.  Fulltext can be found here.