Simson S, Wilson L B
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1982 Oct;33(10):833-6. doi: 10.1176/ps.33.10.833.
The mental health emergency service is a critical triage point for making decisions about the delivery of a variety of services needed by an increasingly large elderly population. This study explores the roles of two mental health emergency services in providing services and linking elderly clients with elements of the health, mental health, and long-term care systems. A data base was established by a retrospective review of 350 records of elderly clients treated at two urban mental health emergency facilities over a one-year period. Key findings are presented about the demographic characteristics of users age 60 and over, diagnoses, referral and disposition patterns, repeater usage, and emergency versus nonemergency usage. Recommendations are made on the future role of mental health emergency services in meeting the complex health and mental health needs of the elderly in the community.
心理健康应急服务是一个关键的分诊点，用于决定为日益庞大的老年人口提供所需的各种服务。本研究探讨了两个心理健康应急服务在提供服务以及将老年客户与健康、心理健康和长期护理系统的要素相联系方面所发挥的作用。通过回顾一年内在两个城市心理健康应急设施接受治疗的350名老年客户的记录建立了一个数据库。呈现了关于60岁及以上使用者的人口统计学特征、诊断、转诊和处置模式、重复使用情况以及紧急与非紧急使用情况的主要研究结果。针对心理健康应急服务在满足社区老年人复杂的健康和心理健康需求方面的未来作用提出了建议。
