| Autor: |
Huber J; Psychiatry, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.; Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.; Psychiatry, School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia., Ryan CJ; Psychiatry, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.; Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.; Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia., Gupta R; NMHEC-RAP Telepsychiatry Service, Hunter New England Mental Health, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.; Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia., Rosen A; Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.; Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia., Tietze T; Mental Health Service, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Wollongong, NSW, Australia., Drew K; Tweed Byron Mental Health Service, Northern NSW Local Health District, Tweed Heads, NSW, Australia., Ahmed T; Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.; Wesley Mission Hospital, Ashfield, NSW, Australia., Skopek M; Emergency Department Mental Health Team, Central Coast Local Health District, Gosford, NSW, Australia.; Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW. |
| Abstrakt: |
Emergency Psychiatry is evolving. In an environment that lacks a clear evidence base, and where a constellation of factors is driving up Emergency Department presentation rates and lengths of stay, several stakeholders are working towards and clamouring for change. With the goal of collaborating with such parties, we believe Emergency Psychiatrists should position themselves to establish and advocate for best-practice change in culture, research, clinical care and training, and funding in the provision of mental health crisis care. To this end, we have formed the NSW Emergency Psychiatry Network, a group of Emergency Psychiatrists with a broad experience in a range of settings, from tertiary metropolitan emergency facilities with access to subspecialty psychiatric services, to rural and remote emergency settings with sporadic in-reach from local mental health services and telehealth. We unanimously recognise the need to upskill both Emergency Department and Mental Health clinicians in crisis care, and the need for committed, evidence-based Mental Health resourcing within Emergency Departments. |
