Demographics of mental healthcare presentations in a northwest Ontario emergency department

CONCLUSION: There is an increased level of mental health, addiction and self-harm presentations in this northern ED. Lack of alternative resources indicate the need for the development of an integrated model of mental health care service. Reliance on the ED for crisis management indicates the need for the development of more regionally relevant models of care.PMID:34859392 | DOI:10.1007/s43678-021-00223-7

Source: Rural Remote Health - December 3, 2021 Category: Rural Health Authors: Ruben Hummelen Heather Lee Barbara Russell-Mahoney Sadie Maxwell Doug Semple Dean Osmond Shanthive Asokan Jenna Poirier Len Kelly Source Type: research