A Combined Crisis-Outpatient Clinic: A Better System for Delivery of Psychiatric Care?
Abstract
The successful merger of a crisis clinic with an adult outpatient clinic suggests that the traditional splitting of crisis and outpatient care in American psychiatry may not be optimal. In the combined clinic more patients were seen, staff time was utilized more efficiently, staff morale was increased, and educational needs were more easily satisfied. Patient care was not compromised in any way.
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