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Emergency department telepsychiatry programs play key role in service access
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32235
Subject(s) - telepsychiatry , economic shortage , service (business) , mental health , key (lock) , medical emergency , emergency department , medicine , telemedicine , nursing , psychology , medical education , business , psychiatry , health care , computer security , political science , computer science , marketing , law , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics)
Taking note of the difficulties in accessing psychiatric services, a shortage of mental health professionals, and a decrease in dedicated beds — particularly in recent decades — researchers have found that telepsychiatry in emergency departments (EDs) is filling a critical role by enabling psychiatric service access.