Objective: To evaluate the management of mental health presentations to Victorian
emergency departments. Method: An observational study in five Victorian emergency …

Accessible summary• The number of people with mental health problems presenting to
Australian emergency departments (ED) is increasing as a result of the integration of …

Objectives Despite efforts to restructure mental health (MH) services across Victoria, the
social and economic burden of MH illness continues to grow. This study compares MH …

Objective: In many developed countries, a lack of community-based mental health services
is driving increased utilization of emergency medical services (EMS). In this descriptive …

Objectives: The study aimed to describe:(i) the perceived barriers faced by emergency
clinicians in the assessment and management of patients presenting with a mental health …

Objectives: To describe the development of the first Australian psychiatric emergency centre
co-located with the Emergency Department at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital …

AIMS AND METHODTo study the presentation, assessment and management of all patients
attending St Thomas' accident and emergency (A&E) department with overt mental health …

OBJECTIVE: The needs and characteristics of patients who are referred for psychiatric
emergency services vary by the source of referral. Such differences have wider implications …

Objective To examine the profile and journey of patients with mental illness in the
emergency departments (ED) of a Local Health District in Australia. There is limited …

Introduction. We aimed to describe perceptions of Australian emergency clinicians of
differences in management of mental health patients in rural and remote Australia compared …