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Predicting assessment outcomes in an EIP team from referral letter information
Author(s) -
Randall Ian,
Booth Hanna,
Bousie Jonathan,
Chakraborty Nandini
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.668
Subject(s) - referral , multidisciplinary team , multidisciplinary approach , intervention (counseling) , medicine , service (business) , psychology , family medicine , nursing , social science , economy , sociology , economics
Effective screening of referrals is key to prioritising clinical needs. Here, the authors describe their study, which evaluated how effectively a multidisciplinary team in an early intervention in psychosis community team assessed appropriate cases based on the information in the referral letter and the implications for improving the service for the future.