Telephone-based low intensity therapy after crisis presentations to the emergency department is associated with improved outcomes
Discussion
The Australian ED IAPT program demonstrated that the UK IAPT program could be adapted for emergency mental health patients and be associated with similar clinical benefits as the original program.
Funding
The Flinders Medical Centre IAPT program received Emergency Department project funding from the Australian Commonwealth Government through the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) and the South Australian Government initiative, Every Patient Every Service (EPES).
Source: Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare - Category: Information Technology Authors: Bidargaddi, N., Bastiampillai, T., Allison, S., Jones, G. M., Furber, G., Battersby, M., Richards, D. Tags: RESEARCH/Original Articles Source Type: research
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