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01-04-2019 | Original Paper

“Psychological Boarding” and Community-Based Behavioral Health Crisis Stabilization

Authors: Dhrubodhi Mukherjee, Verletta Saxon

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 3/2019

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.

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Title: “Psychological Boarding” and Community-Based Behavioral Health Crisis Stabilization
Authors: Dhrubodhi Mukherjee
Verletta Saxon
Publication date: 01-04-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-018-0237-9

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