title: Integrating mental health into urgent care in a community health centre.
abstract: Competent, convenient mental health assessment and psychosocial intervention are seldom delivered in the right place, at the right time and by the right person. One solution to this problem is to have mental health services integrated into urgent care in a community health centre. Unfortunately, although there is literature on urgent care centres, mental health centres and psychiatric emergency rooms, there is scant information about the integration of mental health services into an urgent care centre.
authors.affiliation: Calgary Health Region, South Calgary Health Centre, Alberta.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Southern
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leahey
authors.forename: Sandy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harper-Jaques
authors.forename: Kamla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McGonigal
authors.forename: Alana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Syverson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000416:Alberta; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*