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Social services response to psychiatric emergencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Peter Huxley  and
Michael Kerfoot
Peter Huxley
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL
Michael Kerfoot
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL
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This paper reports the results of a nationwide survey of social services responses to psychiatric emergencies. The survey is a companion to that by Johnson & Thornicroft (1991) (J&T) who reviewed the emergency service options available in psychiatry, including the emergency clinic, general hospital services, the emergency ward, acute day hospital and crisis intervention and residential services, as well as considering the role of sectorised services, and community mental health centres (CMHCs). For the purposes of our respective surveys of health and social services in England and Wales, we have defined a psychiatric emergency as “occurring when someone (patient, friend, relative or professional) requests urgent intervention on behalf of someone in the community who is suffering from a mental disorder”.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 5 , May 1993 , pp. 282 - 285
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1993

References

Johnson, S. & Thornicroft, G. (1991) Psychiatric Emergency Services in England and Wales. Report of a Study Commissioned by the Department of Health. MRC Social & Community Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London.Google Scholar
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