The Psychiatric Emergency Service: Mirror of Change

AARON SATLOFF and CYRIL M. WORBYAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.11.1628

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The authors compared the population contacting a psychiatric emergency service in 1958 with that contacting it in 1968. Among the most striking findings were the shift to a younger age group being treated, the lower rate of referral to inpatient care, and an increase in patient load that greatly exceeded the area population increase. The implications of the findings for the planning of an adequate network of community mental health facilities are discussed.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126 • Number 11 • May 1970

Pages: 1628 - 1632

PubMed: 5443645

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Published in print: May 1970

Published online: 1 April 2006

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AARON SATLOFF

Assistant professors of psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 260 Crittenden Blvd., Rochester, N. Y. 14620

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CYRIL M. WORBY

Assistant professors of psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 260 Crittenden Blvd., Rochester, N. Y. 14620

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