Psychiatric Issues in Emergency Care Settings Vol 4 No 3

Articles on psychiatric emergency services (PESs) published between 1983 and 2003 were reviewed to evaluate research on providers, clients, and services; access, use, evaluation, treatment, and continuity of care; and outcomes of the use of PESs. Eighty-five articles were selected as representative of the literature on variation in PES arrangement and effectiveness. The Donabedian model (structures, processes, and outcomes) was used to evaluate health care services.

Sensitivity and specificity of a new bipolar spectrum diagnostic scale.