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SynthesisInternational journal of mental health nursing2022

Communication pathways from the emergency department to community mental health services: A systematic review.

Heather McIntyre, Verity Reeves, Mark Loughhead, Laura Hayes, Nicholas Procter

Open access · hybridAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in International journal of mental health nursing, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Heather McIntyreUniversity of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8475-769X
Verity ReevesUniversity of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6084-3606
Mark LoughheadUniversity of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3610-1482
Laura HayesMIND Australia, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2109-6091
Nicholas ProcterMIND Australia, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7289-3165
University of South Australia · AUMind Australia · AU

Funding

MIND Australia
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This systematic review synthesizes existing peer reviewed evidence reporting on evaluated strategies used for enhancing communication pathways for continuity of care between the emergency department and mental health community supports. Following the PRISMA guidelines and the PICO framework, this review was conducted between January and July 2021. Included articles needed to evaluate communication pathway interventions for continuity of care between the emergency department and mental health community services which support service users with mental health and/or suicidal crisis. The seven included studies identified three support coordination interventions, two motivational interviewing interventions, an electronic record enhanced strategy and results from a phone follow-up study. This review demonstrates that support coordination, motivational interviewing, education, or an enhanced electronic record strategy can improve continuity of care, and in some cases, reduce the need for people to re-present to ED when they are experiencing mental health concerns or suicidal crisis. Results of this review reveal that a multipronged approach of communication pathways for continuity of care would enable more effective connections with mental health community supports and enable better outcomes for people requiring services.

Indexed as

Community Mental Health ServicesCommunicationEmergency Service, HospitalFollow-Up StudiesHumansSuicidal Ideationcommunication pathwayscontinuity of patient careemergency servicehospitallived experiencePsychosocial disability

Identifiers

PMID35598319
PMCPMC9790581
OpenAlexW4281262089

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