Service use preceding and following first referral for psychiatric emergency care at a short-stay crisis unit: A cohort study across three cities and one rural area in England

Lucy Pollyanna Goldsmith, Katie Anderson, Geraldine Clarke, Chloe Crowe, Heather Jarman, Sonia Johnson, Jo Lomani, David McDaid, A-La Park, Jared G Smith and Steven Gillard

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2023, vol. 69, issue 4, 928-941

Abstract: Background: Internationally, hospital-based short-stay crisis units have been introduced to provide a safe space for stabilisation and further assessment for those in psychiatric crisis. The units typically aim to reduce inpatient admissions and psychiatric presentations to emergency departments. Aims: To assess changes to service use following a service user’s first visit to a unit, characterise the population accessing these units and examine equality of access to the units. Methods: A prospective cohort study design (ISCTRN registered; 53431343) compared service use for the 9 months preceding and following a first visit to a short-stay crisis unit at three cities and one rural area in England. Included individuals first visited a unit in the 6 months between 01/September/2020 and 28/February/2021. Results: The prospective cohort included 1189 individuals aged 36 years on average, significantly younger (by 5–13 years) than the population of local service users (

Keywords: Mental health crisis; psychiatric admission; emergency department; experience of care; mental health nursing; short-stay crisis care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/00207640221142530

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