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  • An evaluation of the characteristics and outcomes of users of a street triage service: retrospective case note review

  • Andrew Molodynski, Sarah Hollingsworth, Louise Penzenstadler, Devon Perfect, Stephen Puntis
  • Journal:
    BJPsych Bulletin / Volume 43 / Issue 6 / December 2019
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    30 April 2019, pp. 290-294
    Print publication:
    December 2019
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  • Aims and method

    Street triage services are now common but the population they serve is poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate a local service to determine the characteristics of those using it and their outcomes in the 90 day period following contact.

    Results

    We found that there were high levels of service use and that the vast majority of contacts were via telephone rather than in person. Street triage was used by both existing secondary mental health patients and non-patients. Follow-up rates with secondary services were high in the former and low in the latter case.

    Implications

    Services are very busy where they exist and may be replacing traditional crisis services. It is not apparent that they work to increase follow-up among those using them, unless they are already in contact with services. In this service, although there was a joint response model nearly all responses were provided by telephone.