1. "Psychological Boarding" and Community-Based Behavioral Health Crisis Stabilization.
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Mukherjee, Dhrubodhi and Saxon, Verletta
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BEHAVIOR therapy ,LENGTH of stay in hospitals ,INTERPROFESSIONAL relations ,MATHEMATICAL models ,EMERGENCY services in psychiatric hospitals ,THEORY ,CRISIS intervention (Mental health services) ,INSTITUTIONAL cooperation - Abstract
This exploratory paper presents a case study where a community based mental health organization forging a partnership with a local hospital system to establish a crisis stabilization unit (CSU) to address behavioral health emergency care. The study takes a mixed methods case study approach to address two research questions; (a) did this approach reduce the overall length of stay in the hospital emergency departments? (b) What challenges did the taskforce face in implementing this CSU model? The paper shares recommendation from the findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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