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Psychiatric Bulletin (2001) 25: 95-98. doi: 10.1192/pb.25.3.95
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Psychiatric Bulletin (2001) 25: 95-98
© 2001 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Crisis intervention: the professionals' perspective

A questionnaire survey

Fernando Lazaro, Specialist Registrar

Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge

Elena Kulinskaya, Senior Statistician

University of Hertfordshire

Robert Tobiansky, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist and Honorary Senior Lecturer

Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Colindale Hospital, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HG; tel: 020 8952 2381

AIMS AND METHOD

To describe the attitudes of the professionals of a multi-disciplinary crisis intervention service (CIS) towards the service they provide. To establish whether there are differences in attitudes between the different professional disciplines involved. A questionnaire was mailed to all the professionals working in the Barnet CIS (n=94). Differences were analysed using the Kruskal-Wallis test.

RESULTS

The overall response rate was 84%. Statistically significant differences were found between the different disciplines in 10 of the 37 questions (27%) on the questionnaire. Opinions differed most on issues of safety and acceptance of clinical responsibility.

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

Despite general agreement on most issues, we found differences of opinion in important areas such as arrangements for team safety and clinical responsibility. These differences may create tensions within the multi-disciplinary groups and may influence the attitudes of professionals to crisis work. Measures need to be taken to address these issues in order to improve morale and staff satisfaction.






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