title: Developing a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Understanding of the Repeat Use of Psychiatric Emergency Services.
abstract: Psychiatric emergency services (PES) remain a critical and under-examined component of the community mental health system. We describe how a unique community-academic partnership came together to examine repeat use of PES through the design and conduct of a qualitative study using a CBPR approach. The goals of the project were to: (1) develop a model of research which promoted the inclusion of people who use mental health services in the research process; and (2) design and conduct a study to examine the repeat use of PES through the inclusion of the perspectives and experiences of people who use these services.
authors.affiliation: Sociology and Health Sciences Department, Institute on Urban Health Research, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, RP935, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. al.lincoln@neu.edu.
authors.forename: Alisa K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Lincoln
authors.affiliation: Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, 135 College Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.affiliation: Boston Community Academic Mental Health Partnership, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Mary Sharon
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kaminski
authors.affiliation: Boston Community Academic Mental Health Partnership, Boston, MA, USA.|Consumer Quality Initiatives, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Kirstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lindeman
authors.affiliation: Boston Community Academic Mental Health Partnership, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aulier
authors.affiliation: JD University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Rm. S7-823, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: Community Based Participatory Research; Mental health treatment; Psychiatric emergency services; Substance use