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 - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
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
VL - 55
SP - 533
EP - 535
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
SN - 0004-8674
IS - 6
ER -