Evaluation of an ultra-brief psycho-education and referral intervention provided to patients presenting to a hospital emergency department with symptoms of panic attack Murphy, Cassandra, Jaman, Anda, Craike, Melinda, Haynes, Janet and Austin, David W. 2016, Evaluation of an ultra-brief psycho-education and referral intervention provided to patients presenting to a hospital emergency department with symptoms of panic attack, Advances in mental health, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 38-47, doi: 10.1080/18387357.2015.1051175. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Evaluation of an ultra-brief psycho-education and referral intervention provided to patients presenting to a hospital emergency department with symptoms of panic attack Author(s) Murphy, Cassandra Jaman, Anda Craike, Melinda Haynes, Janet Austin, David W. orcid.org/0000-0002-1296-3555 Journal name Advances in mental health Volume number 14 Issue number 1 Start page 38 End page 47 Total pages 10 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication Abingdon, Eng. Publication date 2016 ISSN 1838-7357 1837-4905 Keyword(s) emergency department mental health clinical management psychology psychological interventions panic brief intervention Summary People who experience panic attacks are frequent utilisers of hospital Emergency Departments (EDs). The ED setting provides an opportunity to provide ultra-brief interventions, specifically by referring these patients to specialist mental health care. This study attempted to evaluate the effectiveness of an ultra-brief psycho-education and referral intervention, a panic information card (PIC), currently distributed at three Victorian EDs. Participants were a convenience sample of 72 individuals (20 males and 51 females, 1 unspecified) who had presented to an ED for panic symptoms in the past 12 months. Individuals self-identified as either a card receiver (CR) or a non-card receiver (NCR). Two senior ED staff members were interviewed regarding their evaluation of the effectiveness of the PIC. It was hypothesised that CRs would; (1) review the PIC favourably; (2) be more likely to seek help for PA than NCRs; (3) seek help sooner than NCRs; and (4) seek help on fewer occasions post-intervention than NCRs. Staff were hypothesised to review the card favourably and as a simple addition to ED practice. Both CRs and staff reviewed the PIC favourably, though there were no significant differences in help-seeking behaviour or time taken to access help between groups. CRs sought help on significantly fewer occasions than NCRs. Despite limitations of non-randomisation and modest sample size, this study contributes to evidence on the utility of ultra-brief interventions and supports the potential of ultra-brief ED-based interventions to expedite mental health referral, decrease utilisation of ED by panickers, reduce financial costs for the medical system, and increase psycho-education of sufferers. Language eng DOI 10.1080/18387357.2015.1051175 Field of Research 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified 1117 Public Health And Health Services 1701 Psychology 1103 Clinical Sciences Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30092728 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 03 Apr 2017, 12:44:51 EST Tue, 04 Apr 2017, 05:04:24 EST Tue, 04 Apr 2017, 06:07:24 EST Tue, 06 Jun 2017, 09:53:44 EST Tue, 06 Jun 2017, 10:04:09 EST Sat, 02 Dec 2017, 01:31:34 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 2 times in TR Web of Science Cited 2 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 355 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 03 Apr 2017, 12:44:51 EST

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