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dc.contributor.authorShafiei, Ten
dc.contributor.authorGaynor, Nen
dc.contributor.authorFarrell, Gen
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-16T00:46:09Z
dc.date.available2015-05-16T00:46:09Z
dc.date.issued2010-09-24en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2010; 18(1): 9-16en
dc.identifier.govdoc21214679en
dc.identifier.otherPUBMEDen
dc.identifier.urihttps://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/11181en
dc.description.abstractAlthough the number of mental health presentations to emergency departments is increasing as a result of the integration of psychiatric services with general services, few studies have explored the characteristics of mental health patients presenting to emergency departments in Australia. This study investigated the characteristics of, and outcomes in relation to, people presenting with a mental health problem to one large metropolitan emergency department. Data were collected from the emergency department's electronic records system for adult patients aged 18-65 years old with an emergency department discharge diagnosis of a mental health disorder, including substance abuse and psychosocial crisis, for two months. Mental health patients totalled 5.3% (n= 290) of adult presentations to the emergency department. Over half were male; mean age 37.4 years; 49% were allocated triage category 3/urgent; 45% arrived by ambulance; 39% were overdosed/intoxicated and 55% received one or more diagnostic investigations. Patients who were intoxicated, those who arrived after hours, or patients admitted to a mental health ward were more likely to wait longer than 8h. Findings are broadly in line with that reported for other Australian studies, although the present findings suggest that patients had significantly more routine investigations and there were higher rates of presentations for 'intoxication'.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.otherAdolescenten
dc.subject.otherAdulten
dc.subject.otherAgeden
dc.subject.otherEmergency Service, Hospital.statistics & numerical dataen
dc.subject.otherEmergency Services, Psychiatric.statistics & numerical dataen
dc.subject.otherFemaleen
dc.subject.otherHospitalization.statistics & numerical dataen
dc.subject.otherHumansen
dc.subject.otherLength of Stayen
dc.subject.otherMaleen
dc.subject.otherMental Disorders.epidemiology.therapyen
dc.subject.otherMiddle Ageden
dc.subject.otherPatient Discharge.statistics & numerical dataen
dc.subject.otherPsychiatric Department, Hospital.statistics & numerical dataen
dc.subject.otherVictoria.epidemiologyen
dc.subject.otherYoung Adulten
dc.titleThe characteristics, management and outcomes of people identified with mental health issues in an emergency department, Melbourne, Australia.en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of psychiatric and mental health nursingen
dc.identifier.affiliationt.shafiei@latrobe.edu.auen
dc.identifier.affiliationResearch Officer, School of Nursing and Midwifery Associate Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australiaen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01632.xen
dc.description.pages9-16en
dc.relation.urlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21214679en
dc.type.austinJournal Articleen
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