Psychiatry's role in the prevention of post-intensive care mental health impairment: stakeholder survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many critical illness survivors experience new or worsening mental health impairments. Psychiatry consultation services can provide a critical role in identifying, addressing, and preventing mental health challenges during and after admission to the acute medical care setting. However, psychiatry involvement in the ICU setting is lower than in other hospital settings and the conventional process in many hospitals requires other care providers to request consultation by psychiatry. Despite these differences, no studies have sought ICU provider perspectives on psychiatry consultation's current and desired role. We aimed to obtain stakeholder feedback on psychiatry's current and desired roles in the ICU, and potential benefits and drawbacks of increasing psychiatry's presen

SUBMITTER: Bieber ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8933991 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature