Prevalence and Risk Factors of Emergency Department Presentations with Methamphetamine Intoxication or Dependence: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: In this review, we found a higher prevalence of methamphetamine use amongst males and in the younger demographic. Targeted training programmes for frontline staff and management approaches for prompt multi-disciplinary service engagement are recommended as well as appropriate resourcing, such as mental health staff in EDs or mental health beds to accommodate this subgroup of the patient cohort. PMID: 31025889 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: Issues Ment Health Nurs Source Type: research