ReviewFrontiers in psychiatry2024
Improving emergency department care for adults presenting with mental illness: a systematic review of strategies and their impact on outcomes, experience, and performance.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Enhancing emergency department care for individuals with autism spectrum disorder across the lifespan: a systematic review.Frontiers in health services · 2026Pooled it
- Seeing both sides of the story: creating patient/provider persona dyads for use in mental health service co-design.Research involvement and engagement · 2026Article
- Improving prehospital and emergency care for patients with mental dysregulation: a comprehensive research agenda.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Variability in documentation of neurological and psychiatric examinations among emergency department patients with behavioral health-related presentations: a retrospective study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Revisiting the De Facto Mental Health System: One Becomes Two.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Article
- Communities of Practice in Emergency Mental Health Care for Involuntary Patients in Common Law Countries: A Scoping Review of Evidence Gaps.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2026Review
- Exploring competence in mental health crisis management: a qualitative study of Norwegian prehospital emergency medical personnel.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Medical Care for Patients With Mental Health and/or Substance-Use Disorders: A Qualitative Investigation of Emergency Department Patient Experiences and Recommendations.Health services research · 2025Article
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13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Background: Care delivery for the increasing number of people presenting at hospital emergency departments (EDs) with mental illness is a challenging issue. This review aimed to synthesise the research evidence associated with strategies used to improve ED care delivery outcomes, experience, and performance for adults presenting with mental illness. Method: We systematically reviewed the evidence regarding the effects of ED-based interventions for mental illness on patient outcomes, patient experience, and system performance, using a comprehensive search strategy designed to identify published empirical studies. Systematic searches in Scopus, Ovid Embase, CINAHL, and Medline were conducted in September 2023 (from inception; review protocol was prospectively registered in Prospero CRD42023466062). Eligibility criteria were as follows: (1) primary research study, published in English; and (2) (a) reported an implemented model of care or system change within the hospital ED context, (b) focused on adult mental illness presentations, and (c) evaluated system performance, patient outcomes, patient experience, or staff experience. Pairs of reviewers independently assessed study titles, abstracts, and full texts according to pre-established inclusion criteria with discrepancies resolved by a third reviewer. Independent reviewers extracted data from the included papers using Covidence (2023), and the quality of included studies was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute suite of critical appraisal tools. Results: A narrative synthesis was performed on the included 46 studies, comprising pre-post ( Conclusion: Care for mental illness is complex, particularly in the emergency setting. Strategies to provide care must align ED system goals with patient goals and staff experience.
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