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  • Title: Planning for psychiatric emergencies.
    Author: Eastwood MR, Stiasny S, Cashman F, Littmann SK, Voineskos G.
    Journal: Can Med Assoc J; 1979 Feb 17; 120(4):421-5. PubMed ID: 445284.
    Abstract:
    Hospital emergency services have been used increasingly in recent years. This has resulted in questions as to the true nature of patients' complaints and the appropriateness of this type of care. Since the increase in the number of psychiatric emergency patients has paralleled that for patients at other types of emergency clinics a study was conducted at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, to examine the situation prior to the inception in 1977 of a crisis intervention unit. It was found that most patients had both psychiatric and social difficulties, and it was considered that planning should concentrate on strategies for efficient management of the clinical problems.
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