|
You will find lists of journal articles and books on my
Reading Lists page under the headings Crisis Intervention, Emergency Psychiatric Services, Secure Units, and Seclusion and Restraint, and triage
Relevant journals to which library members have online access are
Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention
Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention
Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care
The library also subscribes to the International Journal of Emergency Mental Health. Unfortunately it is not available online at this stage, but you can browse contents and abstracts on PubMed.
Australian Links
 Emergency Demand Management
Produced by the Mental Health Unit, South Australian Department of Health, this is a series of policy documents, and guidelines relating to the management of mental health emergencies.
eMJA: Rosen, Crisis Management in the Community
MJA Practice Essentials - Mental Health. Sydney, Australasian
Medical Publishing Company, 1998.
Mental Health and Victoria's Emergency Departments - Statewide Emergency Program
From the Department of Human Services in Victoria. There are links to a number of documents here.
The National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) - Mental Health Initiative
The Mental Health Emergency Care Interface project was the first major initiative of the Emergency Care Community of Practice (EC CoP) involving 41 teams across Australia. A number of reports are available, as well as links to other useful sites.
Toward a National Approach to Information Sharing in Mental Health
Crisis Situations
Final Report of the Mental Health Crisis Intervention Ad Hoc
Advisory Group, crisis intervention practice, police and mental
health services, Mental Health and Special Programs Branch,
Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, February 2000.
Overseas Links
The Acute Crisis: Towards a Recovery Plan for Acute Mental Health Services in New Zealand
By Mary O'Hagan. Mental Health Commission (New Zealand) 2006. Also available as a .pdf file
Clinical Risk Management: A Clinical Tool and Practitioner Manual
By Steve Morgan. Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, June 2000. This publication looks at the potential risks of suicide, self-neglect and violence/aggression and at the support networks available. It is designed for use in acute services, crisis intervention and longer-term community mental health teams.
Crisis
Intervention
A collection of resources from Trauma Central.
The
Effectiveness and safety of drug treatment for urgent sedation in
psychiatric emergencies
A critical appraisal of the literature, by Marita Broadstock
NZHTA Report,
January 2001 Volume 4 Number 1.
eMedicine
Online Text - Emergency Medicine
An electronic text on emergency medicine which has some useful
psychiatric chapters on such topics as:-
Learning From Each Other: Success Stories and Ideas for Reducing Restraint/Seclusion in Behavioral Health
Created by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), and the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) with support from the American Hospital Association (AHA) Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services (SPSAS), 2003.
THE MERCK MANUAL, Section 15, Chapter 194, Psychiatric
Emergencies
From the online version of the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and
Therapy.
More than the Sum of All the Parts: Improving the Whole System with
Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment.
By P. Kennedy and others. Durham, Northern Centre for Mental
Health, 2003. Four discussion papers dealing with the practical
aspects of service delivery.
Mental Health Policy Implementation Guide. National Minimum Standards for General Adult Services in Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) and Low Secure Environments.
Produced by the UK Department of Health, April 2002.
National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (NAPICU). National Standards
The full text of the standards document is available here.
Open All Hours? A Review of Crisis Mental Health Services
Wellington, Mental Health Commission, November 2001.
Psychiatric
Services to Accident and Emergency Departments
Royal College of Psychiatrists Council Report CR118, February
2004.
Report and Recommendations Regarding Psychiatric Emergency and
Crisis Services: A Review and Model Program Descriptions
An APA Task Force Report on Psychiatric Emergency Services, by
Michael H Allen (Chair), Peter Forster, Joseph Zealberg, and Glenn
Currier. American Psychiatric Association, August 2002.
Supporting Psychiatric Assessments in Emergency Rooms
Office of Mental Health, Center for Policy Research, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany / SUNY, 1995.
|
