Typology of psychiatric emergency services in the United Kingdom: a narrative literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health crisis requiring emergency access to psychiatric service can occur at any time. Psychiatric Emergency Service (PES) is described as one that provides an immediate response to an individual in crisis within the first 24 h. Presently, several types of PESs are available in the United Kingdom (UK) with the aim of providing prompt and effective assessment and management of patients. Therefore, this study aims to provide a detailed narrative literature review of the various types of Psychiatric Emergency Service (PES) currently available in the UK.

Method

Electronic search of five key databases (MEDLINE, PsychINFO, EMBASE, AMED and PUBMED) was conducted. Studies were included if it described a mental health service in the UK that provides immediate respon

SUBMITTER: Odejimi O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7727184 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature