Question

Is it a good idea that hospital psychiatrists can temporarily get in charge for the follow up of a patient that allocated to the mobile team?

Problem description

Very often our patients don’t have a care network (anymore) build around them, such as psychiatrists responsible for the treatment and / or psychologists.  This is however indispensable.   And it’s not obvious to find these people within an acceptable framework. Sometimes it takes months to find a therapist

Impact - effect

The risk of decompensation in increasing, since it’s likely that there is no compliance when prescriptions are not available and consultations with the psychiatrists are not planned.  The attending doctors are asking for more support in case of complex psychiatric problems, they can’t rely on updated information in prescribing medication

To do

To do: a collaboration preparing the discharge from hospital, could lead to the availability of a psychiatrist for the patient, reducing the period without network for the patient

Theme

Role of psychiatrists

Topic

collaboration with psychiatrists working external to the mobile team ("treating psychiatrist")

Reference -  contact

Magali Baron, Mélanie Henry

Mobile team

2B

Project

réseau santé Namur

Intership abroad - place

Lausanne (SIM)

Date

November 2012