Psychiatric social workers in the emergency department.
The authors report on a unique program that uses psychiatric social workers as the primary mental health care-givers in the emergency department of a general hospital. Their article demonstrates that the social worker is uniquely well equipped to respond to the psychiatric and social problems of emergency department patients.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009518:New York; D010820:Physicians; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric