title: An integrated approach to emergency psychiatric care.
abstract: Increased demands for psychiatric emergency services led to a crisis in New York City emergency rooms. The New York State Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program was developed as a systemic response to the crisis. The model includes four integrated components designed to enhance the entire mental health system.
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission