EVALUATION OF TRANSPOSITION MODALITIES IN A MOBILE EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC GROUP

Citation
F. Pochard et al., EVALUATION OF TRANSPOSITION MODALITIES IN A MOBILE EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC GROUP, Annales medico-psychologiques, 156(5), 1998, pp. 347-349
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychology
ISSN journal
00034487
Volume
156
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
347 - 349
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4487(1998)156:5<347:EOTMIA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
ERIC is a public mobile psychiatric emergency unit proposing an altern ative to hospitalization in crisis situations. This study describes th e organisation and results of ERIC, and proposes an evaluation of tran sposition's modalities of such psychiatric structure. The local and co ntextual aspects (geographical and historical), the constitution of a broad care network (general practitioners, social services), are empha sised. Moreover an adapted regulation of the hotline, the evaluation o f the population and the resources available, the implications for fin ancial aspects and professionals are analysed.