title: Crisis beds: the interface between the hospital and the community.
abstract: 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 personality 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.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Services, Hillcrest Hospital, Adelaide.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ash
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Galletly
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012008:Recurrence; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013021:South Australia