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Apantaku-Olajide, Tunde and Smyth, Bobby P and Gibbons, Pat (2011) Naturalistic study of crisis referrals to an Irish community adult mental health service. International Psychiatry, 8, (3), pp. 71-74.

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There is no agreed definition of a mental health crisis; however, a useful one is ‘a situation where mental health has deteriorated to an extent that the user is likely to be at risk of harm to self or others and is in need of urgent intensive specialist support and treatment’ (Minghella et al, 1998). Community-based care is the primary model of specialist mental healthcare in Ireland (Government of Ireland, 2006a). When clinically indicated, a patient with mental health crisis is referred to the community mental health team (CMHT) for an urgent assessment.


Item Type
Article
Publication Type
Irish-related, Open Access, Article
Intervention Type
Harm reduction
Date
2011
Page Range
pp. 71-74
Publisher
Maney Publishing
Volume
8
Number
3
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HRB (Electronic Only)
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