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- 2019
Opportunities for Research in Mental Health Emergencies: Executive Summary and MethodologyDOI: 10.5811/westjem.2019.1.39260 Abstract: Despite the ever-increasing numbers of mental health patients presenting to United States emergency departments, there are large gaps in knowledge about acute care of the behavioral health patient. To address this important problem, the Coalition on Psychiatric Emergencies convened a research consensus conference in December 2016 consisting of clinical researchers, clinicians from emergency medicine, psychiatry and psychology, and representatives from governmental agencies and patient advocacy groups
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