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Triage of referrals in a child and adolescent mental health service in Qatar: reducing waiting times and promoting needs-based prioritisation

This paper summarises the impact of a new triage process on referral prioritisation and waiting times in a community specialist child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) in Qatar. The process involves initial review of referrals by a CAMHS nurse to ensure that there is adequate clinical inf...

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Autores principales: Khan, Yasser Saeed, Al-Shamlawi, Mahmoud, Phiri, Lazarus, Alabdulla, Majid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34382959
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2021.10
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Sumario:This paper summarises the impact of a new triage process on referral prioritisation and waiting times in a community specialist child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) in Qatar. The process involves initial review of referrals by a CAMHS nurse to ensure that there is adequate clinical information, obtaining additional information from patients/families and referring clinicians by the psychiatric triage team, when necessary, followed by prioritisation and allocation of accepted referrals. The new process reduced the acceptance of inappropriate referrals, ensured prioritisation of referrals and significantly improved the service's compliance with waiting-time deadlines.