Procedures for risk management and a review of crisis referrals from the MindSpot Clinic, a national service for the remote assessment and treatment of anxiety and depression

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nielssen, Olav ^a,b,c   Dear, Blake F ^a,d   Staples, Lauren G ^a,d   Dear, Rebecca ^a   Ryan, Kathryn ^a   Purtell, Carol ^a   Titov, Nickolai ^a,d  

^a MindSpot Clinic   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Crisis; Depression; MindSpot; Online treatment; Risk assessment; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL AUDIT; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER 7; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TELEMEDICINE; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELECONSULTATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949293711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0676-6     Document Type: Article

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