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Emergency Care for Mental Health Patients: A Comprehensive Overview

Explore the portal to acute care in A&E for individuals with mental health concerns, covering various presentations like self-harm, anxiety, and psychosis. Learn about managing substance misuse, physical issues, underlying mental health conditions, medically unexplained symptoms, dementia policy and strategy, and more. Discover the strategies to deliver quality care for Mental Health I & II and improved patient pathways.

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Emergency Care for Mental Health Patients: A Comprehensive Overview

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  1. T10 Networking Session Dr Denise Coia Principal Medical Officer (Mental Health)

  2. A&E: Portal to Acute Care

  3. Who goes through the A&E portal? • Individuals with mental health problems • Presenting with MH problem (self harm, anxiety, psychosis) • Substance misuse • Physical problems • Individuals with physical problems and underlying mental health problems • MUS • Undetected mental health problems (depression, anxiety, substance misuse) • Dementia

  4. Policy • Dementia Strategy • Delivering for Mental Health I + II (MUS) • ICP (inappropriate pathway care – SPARRA) • Quality Strategy

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