Emergency medical care of patients with psychiatric disorders -  challenges and opportunities: Results of a multicenter survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pre-clinical psychiatric emergencies are generally treated by emergency medical staff. The subsequent clinical treatment is often conditioned by interaction problems between emergency medical staff and psychiatric clinical staff.

Objectives

To identify problems affecting interaction between emergency medical and psychiatric care of mentally ill patients and pinpoint aspects of optimized emergency care.

Methods

To shed light on the interaction problems an anonymous, questionnaire-based, nonrepresentative survey of 98 emergency physicians (EM) and 104 psychiatrists (PS) practicing in acute psychiatry was conducted between March 1, 2021 and October 1, 2021.

Results

The chi-square test for multiple response sets revealed consistently significant differen

SUBMITTER: Schick B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9615220 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature