Abstract
This paper reports the results of a nationwide survey of social services responses to psychiatric emergencies. The survey is a companion to that by Johnson & Thornicroft (1991) (J&T) who reviewed the emergency service options available in psychiatry, including the emergency clinic, general hospital services, the emergency ward, acute day hospital and crisis intervention and residential services, as well as considering the role of sectorised services, and community mental health centres (CMHCs). For the purposes of our respective surveys of health and social services in England and Wales, we have defined a psychiatric emergency as “occurring when someone (patient, friend, relative or professional) requests urgent intervention on behalf of someone in the community who is suffering from a mental disorder”.
Highlights
This paper reports the results of a nationwide survey of social services responses to psychiatric emerg encies
The survey is a companion to that by Johnson & Thornicroft ( 1991) (J&T) who reviewed the emerg ency service options available in psychiatry, includ ing the emergency clinic, general hospital services, the emergency ward, acute day hospital and crisis intervention and residential services, as well as con sidering the role of sectorised services, and com munity mental health centres (CMHCs)
The data for the present survey were obtained from a postal questionnaire which was sent to every social services department in England and Wales
Summary
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