caa a22 4500 445849126 CHVBK 20180317145408.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10597-010-9339-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10597-010-9339-8 Food Insecurity and Mental Health: A Pilot Study of Patients in a Psychiatric Emergency Unit in Israel [Elektronische Daten] [Nimrod Grisaru, Roni Kaufman, Julia Mirsky, Eliezer Witztum] The objective of this study was to examine food insecurity among psychiatric patients and as a concern for mental health practitioners. Food security and psychological distress were measured among 113 patients hospitalized in a psychiatric emergency unit. Of 113 respondents 67 (59.3%) enjoyed food security and 46 (40.7%) lacked food security. Food insecure respondents showed a higher level of psychological distress than food secure respondents. A large proportion of in-patients may be suffering food insecurity which is negatively associated with their psychological well being. Mental health practitioners need to be aware of the potential association of food insecurity and mental distress among psychiatric patients. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Food security and insecurity nationallicence Mental health nationallicence Psychological distress nationallicence Grisaru Nimrod Emergency Hospitalization Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 4600, 84170, Beer Sheva, Israel aut Kaufman Roni Department of Social Work, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel aut Mirsky Julia Department of Social Work, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel aut Witztum Eliezer Emergency Hospitalization Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 4600, 84170, Beer Sheva, Israel aut Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/5(2011-10-01), 513-519 0010-3853 47:5<513 2011 47 10597 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9339-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-010-9339-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Grisaru Nimrod Emergency Hospitalization Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 4600, 84170, Beer Sheva, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kaufman Roni Department of Social Work, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mirsky Julia Department of Social Work, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Witztum Eliezer Emergency Hospitalization Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health Mental Health Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 4600, 84170, Beer Sheva, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/5(2011-10-01), 513-519 0010-3853 47:5<513 2011 47 10597 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer