Leon Stephanie L, Cappelli Mario, Ali Samina, Craig William, Curran Janet, Gokiert Rebecca, Klassen Terry, Osmond Martin, Scott Shannon D, Newton Amanda S
Department of Psychology, University of Ottawa & Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario;
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta;
Paediatr Child Health. 2013 Feb;18(2):81-5.
To describe emergency mental health services in major paediatric centres across Canada.
A cross-sectional study of mental health services in emergency departments (EDs) from all 15 Canadian tertiary care paediatric centres was conducted.
Fifteen individuals participated and were either a paediatric emergency physician with administrative responsibilities (60%) or an emergency mental health care provider (40%). Four participants reported that their ED used an evidence-based guideline, tool or policy, and one participant reported their ED based its services on published research evidence. Reported ED-based mental health resources included a crisis intervention team (five EDs), a mental health nurse (six EDs) and a social worker (five EDs). Thirteen participants reported on-site consultation with child psychiatry and six reported urgent follow-up as an adjunct service to ED care.
There is a wide variety of mental health care practices in Canadian paediatric EDs. Consideration of which resources are required to ensure evidence-based, effective services are provided to children and youth is necessary.
描述加拿大各大儿科中心的应急心理健康服务。
对加拿大所有15家三级护理儿科中心急诊科的心理健康服务进行横断面研究。
15人参与,其中有行政职责的儿科急诊医生占60%,应急心理健康护理提供者占40%。4名参与者报告称其急诊科使用了循证指南、工具或政策,1名参与者报告其急诊科的服务基于已发表的研究证据。报告的基于急诊科的心理健康资源包括危机干预团队(5个急诊科)、心理健康护士(6个急诊科)和社会工作者(5个急诊科)。13名参与者报告了与儿童精神病学的现场咨询,6名参与者报告了作为急诊科护理辅助服务的紧急随访。
加拿大儿科急诊科的心理健康护理实践多种多样。有必要考虑需要哪些资源来确保为儿童和青少年提供循证、有效的服务。