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Crisis Beds: the Interface Between the Hospital and the Community

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  • David Ash

    (Hillcrest Hospital, Adelaide)

  • Cherrie Galletly

    (South Australian Mental Health Services, and at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide)

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The main role of the crisis unit at a state psychiatric hospital was found to be the provision of brief hospitalisation for patients with adjustment disorders and person ality disorders. The four bed crisis unit treated 14% of all patients admitted to the hospital, with an average length of stay less than three days. A study of 78 crisis unit patients found that 77% were able to be discharged directly to the community, and only 18% were readmitted during the following six months.

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  • David Ash & Cherrie Galletly, 1997. "Crisis Beds: the Interface Between the Hospital and the Community," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 43(3), pages 193-198, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:43:y:1997:i:3:p:193-198
    DOI: 10.1177/002076409704300305
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