Leonardo Baldaçara, Flávia Ismael, Daniel Kawakami, Gislene Alves da Rocha, Elie Leal de Barros Calfat, Deisy Mendes Porto, Beatriz Ferroli Cavalcante, Beatriz Plotegher Zaramella, Flávio Veloso Ribeiro, Roberto Mendes Dos Santos, Roberta Rossi Grudtner, Teng Chei Tung, Antônio Geraldo da Silva
INTRODUCTION: An integral part of Brazil's public health system, the psychiatric emergency service (PES) has been instrumental in improving qualified support for crisis situations of mental disorders, equitable, universally accessible, and humanized. The purpose of this article is to present a systematic review and consensus about the physical area and facilities, and ideal team qualified for psychiatric emergencies services on both Brazilian settings. METHODS: The authors conducted a literature search using electronic databases such as MEDLINE (PubMed), Scielo, the Cochrane Database, and documents from the WHO, the Brazilian Ministry of Health, and others deemed relevant by experts...
April 18, 2024: Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria