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- Title
Somewhere to go: solutions to better managing MH ED patients.
- Authors
O'Sullivan, Anne
- Abstract
The article offers insights on managing mental health presentations at emergency departments (ED) in Western Australia. Topics discussed include the implication of the preference of patients with acute mental illness or suicidal to go to ED for the mental health system, benefits of having an emergency psychiatry team, and the potential of a triage psychiatry liaison nurse (PLN) to reduce ED wait times.
- Subjects
WESTERN Australia; MENTAL health services; HOSPITAL emergency services; SERVICES for people with mental illness; PSYCHIATRIC emergencies; PSYCHIATRIC nurses; EMERGENCY room wait times
- Publication
Medicus, 2021, Vol 61, Issue 6, p39
- ISSN
1035-6037
- Publication type
Article