Acute Crisis Care for Patients with Mental Health Crises: Initial Assessment of an Innovative Prehospital Alternative Destination Program in North Carolina.

CONCLUSIONS: A dedicated community mental health center is able to treat patients experiencing acute mental health crises. LOS times were significantly shorter compared to regional EDs. Successful broader programmatic implementation could improve care quality and significantly reduce the volume of patients treated in the ED for acute mental health disorders. PMID: 29412043 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Prehospital Emergency Care - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Prehosp Emerg Care Source Type: research