When it comes to addressing the contribution of acute mental disorders to the current
emergency department crisis, discussed by Dr. Varner in her editorial, 1 simply adding more …

When it comes to addressing the contribution of acute mental disorders to this crisis, simply
adding more beds would be a blunt instrument. Current evidence-based mental health …

Boarding of psychiatric patients in medical emergency departments (EDs) for hours or even
days is a serious issue plaguing hospitals across the country. Typically, the emergency …

The treatment of severe mental illness has undergone a paradigm shift over the last 50
years, away from a primary emphasis on hospital-based care and toward community-based …

The treatment of severe mental illness has undergone a paradigm shift over the last fifty
years, away from a primary emphasis on hospital-based care and toward community-based …

BackgroundHome treatment has been proposed as an alternative to acute in-patient care for
mentally ill patients. However, there is only moderate evidence in support of home treatment …

Objective: There is increasing international evidence that crisis houses can reduce the time
spent in acute psychiatric inpatient units for patients with severe and persistent mental …

The article reports on the growing number of patients in the US experiencing psychiatric
crises who opt to go to the emergency departments (ED) of hospitals. Topics discussed …

Introduction: Mental health patients boarding for long hours, even days, in United States
emergency departments (EDs) awaiting transfer for psychiatric services has become a …

Overcrowded US emergency rooms have become a place of last resort for psychiatric
patients. Psychiatric boarding, defined as psychiatric patients' waiting in hallways or other …