Who Consult an Adult Psychiatric Emergency Department? Pertinence of Admissions and Opportunities for Telepsychiatry.
Alessandra CostanzaViridiana MazzolaMichalina RadomskaAndrea AmerioAndrea AgugliaPaco PradaGuido BondolfiFrançois SarasinJulia AmbrosettiPublished in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) (2020)
Ambulatory and community-integrated settings could be more appropriate for the majority of patients admitted to adult psychiatric EDs. Moreover, the implementation of telepsychiatry strategies represents a very promising opportunity to offer these patients care continuity, reduce costs and filter the demand for psychiatric ED.