The problem addressed in this study was that little to no research focusing on the
sociodemographic variables associated with seeking psychiatric emergency services has …

Methods The primary source of data for the study was an administrative database
maintained by the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Department of Finance …

Introduction: Mental health patients boarding for long hours, even days, in United States
emergency departments (EDs) awaiting transfer for psychiatric services has become a …

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of acute-
care psychiatric patients who visited the emergency department at a large public hospital in …

OBJECTIVE: As a gateway to the mental health system, psychiatric emergency services
(PES) are charged with assessing a heterogeneous array of short-term and long-term …

METHODS We completed a retrospective chart review of 160 patients selected at random
who utilized the PES during 2009-2010. We looked for historical presence of a broken …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the sociodemographic and clinical
characteristics of high utilizers of psychiatric emergency services. METHODS: Data were …

Objective To explore the handling of psychiatric patients in medical hospitals and
emergency departments (EDs) as well as hospital characteristics associated with the …

Psychiatric emergency services (PES) are evolving as freestanding, parallel components of
emergency departments at many tertiary care medical centers in the US While PES facilities …

Psychiatric emergency services are recognized as an essential component in the provision
of mental health care. This study describes the delivery of psychiatric emergency services in …