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New patient assessment in old age psychiatry
 — the importance of risk assessment
Author(s)Svetlana Hemsley, Rebecca McKnight, Aneeba Anwar
Journal titleBritish Journal of Psychiatry Bulletin, vol 39, 2015
PublisherRoyal College of Psychiatrists, 2015
Pagespp 227-232
Sourcehttp://www.rcpsych.ac.uk
KeywordsAssessment procedures for mental patients ; At risk ; Evaluation ; Cross sectional surveys ; Oxfordshire.
AnnotationIn recent years, the role of non-medical community mental health team (CMHT) clinicians has widened to include new patient assessments. The authors report on a cross-sectional study across Oxfordshire older adults services, which was based on extracted from electronic notes and a complete audit cycle in South Oxfordshire Older Adults CMHT. The aim was to investigate which professionals are doing new assessments, evaluate their quality, and explore the assessors' unmet training needs. Most new assessments (72.4%) were done by non-medical clinicians; and the majority were missing important information, especially relating to medications and risk assessment. Only 75% of assessors felt at least 'partially confident' to do assessments: they found them stressful, and 86% were keen to undertake further training. Simple measures such as an assessment form, a programme of training seminars and adequate supervision delivered to all CMHT clinicians, can ensure high-quality assessment in diverse clinical environments. (OFFPRINT). (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-151002200 A
ClassmarkDA:4C: CA3: 4C: 3KB: 8O *

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