Nicole Hill

Jun 19, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Louise Byrne |Helena Roennfeldt |Bridget Hamilton |Nicole Hill

1 Introduction A mental health crisis has been described as an ‘acute disruption of psychological homoeostasis in which one's usual coping mechanisms fail, and there exists evidence of distress and functional impairment’ [1]. Throughout this paper, the term ‘crisis’ refers broadly to experiences of mental health crisis. Experiences of crisis are common and frequently require connection with others to resolve [2].

Apr 8, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Louise Byrne |Helena Roennfeldt |Nicole Hill |Bridget Hamilton

1 INTRODUCTION Mental health crisis care can be seen as a critical social and public health issue, with current crisis care described as inconsistent and inadequate.1 The extent of the failure of present systems to meet the needs of people is evident in high mental health presentations to emergency departments (EDs) in Australia and internationally.2-4 In 2020–2021, there were approximately 300,000 mental health presentations to Australian public EDs, comprising 3% of all ED presentations.5...