Short-stay crisis units for mental health patients on crisis care pathways: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Internationally, an increasing proportion of emergency department visits are mental health related. Concurrently, psychiatric wards are often occupied above capacity. Healthcare providers have introduced short-stay, hospital-based crisis units offering a therapeutic space for stabilisation, assessment and appropriate referral. Research lags behind roll-out, and a review of the evidence is urgently needed to inform policy and further introduction of similar units.

Aims

This systematic review aims to evaluate the effectiveness of short-stay, hospital-based mental health crisis units.

Method

We searched EMBASE, Medline, CINAHL and PsycINFO up to March 2021. All designs incorporating a control or comparison group were eligible for inclusion, and all effect esti

SUBMITTER: Anderson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9344431 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature