Abstract
Psychiatric emergency services (PES) remain a critical and under-examined component of the community mental health system. We describe how a unique community-academic partnership came together to examine repeat use of PES through the design and conduct of a qualitative study using a CBPR approach. The goals of the project were to: (1) develop a model of research which promoted the inclusion of people who use mental health services in the research process; and (2) design and conduct a study to examine the repeat use of PES through the inclusion of the perspectives and experiences of people who use these services.
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The Boston Community Academic Mental Health Partnership (B-CAMHP) was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (#MH076740). The authors would like to acknowledge the work of Elaine Poulak and James Shepard in the development of the project.
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Lincoln, A.K., Wallace, L., Kaminski, M.S. et al. Developing a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Understanding of the Repeat Use of Psychiatric Emergency Services. Community Ment Health J 52, 1015–1021 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-016-9989-2
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