Emergency Mental Health Services in the Community

A comprehensive and international perspective of emergency health service provision in an era of community care.

Michael Phelan (Edited by), Geraldine Strathdee (Edited by), Graham Thornicroft (Edited by), Alan Langlands (Foreword by)

9780521452519, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 October 1995

376 pages, 20 b/w illus. 27 tables
23.6 x 15.7 x 2.4 cm, 0.651 kg

'… a timely publication. The editors are to be congratulated for assembling such a comprehensive volume. It should be read by all involved in psychiatry.' Patrick Bracken, The Times Higher Education Supplement

This book provides a comprehensive overview of our understanding about the provision of emergency mental health services in an era of community-orientated care. Major research findings and theoretical models which will shape future services are described and illustrated by detailed descriptions of successful services both from Europe and North America. A multidisciplinary team of contributors detail the full range of community-based services including acute respite care, home-based care, day hospitals and family placement schemes, as well as the use of Accident and Emergency Departments and acute in-patient wards. The major factors which influence service development are also explored, including the costs of acute care, the legal framework for emergency mental health work and the views of service users. All those with an interest in or responsibility for mental health will find this insight of value.

Contributors
Foreword
Part I. Principles and Policies: 1. The scope and limitations of emergency mental health services in the community Heinz Katschnig
2. Service models in emergency psychiatry: an international review Sonia Johnson and Graham Thornicroft
3. Users' perspective on emergency needs Liz Sayce, Yvonne Christie, Mike Slade and Alison Cobb
4. Legal aspects of mental health emergencies Ian Bynoe, Adina Halpern and Caroline Bates
5. The economics of mental health emergency services Paul McCrone
6. Suicide prevention David Kingdon and Rachel Jenkins
7. Using the crisis Max Birchwood and Val Drury
8. Community assessment of crisis Kim Sutherby and George Szmukler
Part II. Challenge of Implementation: 9. Establishing a local emergency service Geraldine Strathdee, Michael Phelan and Ann Watts
10. Maintaining an emergency service Peter Tyrer
11. Psychiatric emergencies in the casualty department Sonia Johnson and Howard Baderman
12. Acute crisis respite care William H Sledge, Jack Tebes and Jaak Rakfeldt
13. Family placement schemes as an alternative to short-term hospitalisation Russell Bennett
14. Acute home-based care and community psychiatry Lorenzo Burti and Michele Tansella
15. Acute day hospital care Francis Creed
16. Acute in-patient wards Tom Sensky and Jan Scott
17. The future of mental health emergency services Michael Phelan, Geraldine Strathdee and Graham Thornicroft
Index.

Subject Areas: Psychiatry [MMH]