title: A computer-assisted psychiatric assessment unit.
abstract: The authors discuss the rationale and functional design for an innovative approach to psychiatric intake decision making, stressing the crucial role of an on-line computer support system. The description of the prototype computer-assisted psychiatric assessment process includes an outline of computer and staffing requirements. The authors discuss the initial impact of this psychiatric assessment unit on the hospital's mental health care delivery system.
mesh_terms: D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital