Emergency department–focused mental health policies for people with severe mental illness

Stephen Allison; Tarun Bastiampillai; Jeffrey C.L. Looi; Simon Judkins; Isabel M. Perera

doi:10.1177/0004867420976849

Emergency department–focused mental health policies for people with severe mental illness

Stephen Allison, Tarun Bastiampillai, Jeffrey C.L. Looi, Simon Judkins, Isabel M. Perera

College of Medicine and Public Health

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

Abstract

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) has released a major report on Australia’s mental health system: Nowhere to go: Why Australia’s health system results in people with mental illness getting ‘stuck’ in emergency departments (hereinafter the ACEM Report: https://acem.org.au/Content-Sources/Advancing-Emergency-Medicine/Better-Outcomes-for-Patients/Mental-Health-in-the-Emergency-Department/Nowhere-Else-to-Go-Report). The report is significant for several reasons. First, ACEM joins the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) in national advocacy for improved mental healthcare (Jenkins, 2019; Judkins et al., 2019). Second, the report presents a clear case for an emergency department (ED) focus in national mental health policymaking, along with well-defined outcome measures including ED length of stay (LOS). Finally, the report takes a balanced approach to community and hospital services

Original language	English
Number of pages	3
Journal	Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
Early online date	10 Dec 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0004867420976849
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 10 Dec 2020

Keywords

mental illness
Emergency department policies
Patient Care

Access to Document

10.1177/0004867420976849Licence: In Copyright

Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Emergency department–focused mental health policies for people with severe mental illness'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this

@article{387c094a6e2b421683b01d3c4dd4627f,

title = "Emergency department–focused mental health policies for people with severe mental illness",

abstract = "The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) has released a major report on Australia{\textquoteright}s mental health system: Nowhere to go: Why Australia{\textquoteright}s health system results in people with mental illness getting {\textquoteleft}stuck{\textquoteright} in emergency departments (hereinafter the ACEM Report: https://acem.org.au/Content-Sources/Advancing-Emergency-Medicine/Better-Outcomes-for-Patients/Mental-Health-in-the-Emergency-Department/Nowhere-Else-to-Go-Report). The report is significant for several reasons. First, ACEM joins the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) in national advocacy for improved mental healthcare (Jenkins, 2019; Judkins et al., 2019). Second, the report presents a clear case for an emergency department (ED) focus in national mental health policymaking, along with well-defined outcome measures including ED length of stay (LOS). Finally, the report takes a balanced approach to community and hospital services",

keywords = "mental illness, Emergency department policies, Patient Care",

author = "Stephen Allison and Tarun Bastiampillai and Looi, {Jeffrey C.L.} and Simon Judkins and Perera, {Isabel M.}",

year = "2020",

month = dec,

day = "10",

doi = "10.1177/0004867420976849",

language = "English",

journal = "Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry",

issn = "0004-8674",

publisher = "Blackwell Science Asia",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Emergency department–focused mental health policies for people with severe mental illness

AU - Allison, Stephen

AU - Bastiampillai, Tarun

AU - Looi, Jeffrey C.L.

AU - Judkins, Simon

AU - Perera, Isabel M.

PY - 2020/12/10

Y1 - 2020/12/10

N2 - The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) has released a major report on Australia’s mental health system: Nowhere to go: Why Australia’s health system results in people with mental illness getting ‘stuck’ in emergency departments (hereinafter the ACEM Report: https://acem.org.au/Content-Sources/Advancing-Emergency-Medicine/Better-Outcomes-for-Patients/Mental-Health-in-the-Emergency-Department/Nowhere-Else-to-Go-Report). The report is significant for several reasons. First, ACEM joins the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) in national advocacy for improved mental healthcare (Jenkins, 2019; Judkins et al., 2019). Second, the report presents a clear case for an emergency department (ED) focus in national mental health policymaking, along with well-defined outcome measures including ED length of stay (LOS). Finally, the report takes a balanced approach to community and hospital services

AB - The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) has released a major report on Australia’s mental health system: Nowhere to go: Why Australia’s health system results in people with mental illness getting ‘stuck’ in emergency departments (hereinafter the ACEM Report: https://acem.org.au/Content-Sources/Advancing-Emergency-Medicine/Better-Outcomes-for-Patients/Mental-Health-in-the-Emergency-Department/Nowhere-Else-to-Go-Report). The report is significant for several reasons. First, ACEM joins the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) in national advocacy for improved mental healthcare (Jenkins, 2019; Judkins et al., 2019). Second, the report presents a clear case for an emergency department (ED) focus in national mental health policymaking, along with well-defined outcome measures including ED length of stay (LOS). Finally, the report takes a balanced approach to community and hospital services

KW - mental illness

KW - Emergency department policies

KW - Patient Care

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097490258&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/0004867420976849

DO - 10.1177/0004867420976849

M3 - Comment/debate

AN - SCOPUS:85097490258

JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

SN - 0004-8674

ER -