Enhancing nurses' capacity to provide concurrent mental health and substance use disorder care: A quasi-experimental intervention study.

Background: Patients experiencing concurrent disorders (i.e., co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders) are prevalent in mental health settings and their health and social outcomes are often poor.

Leveraging Nurses to Improve Care for Patients with Concurrent Disorders in Inpatient Mental Health Settings: A Scoping Review.

Several challenges have been identified for patients with concurrent disorders and the providers that care for them, contributing to a pressing need for interventions to improve outcomes, particularly within inpatient mental health settings. A systematic search of peer-reviewed literature was conducted using four online databases: CINAHL, MEDLINE (Ovid), PsycInfo and Web of Science. Articles were selected based on inclusion criteria and additional articles were identified through hand searches.

Characterizing the inpatient care of young adults experiencing early psychosis: A medical record review.

Aim: To characterize the inpatient care received by individuals experiencing early psychotic episodes in an inner city hospital.

Method: Medical records of patients admitted between April 01, 2013, and March 31, 2015, to a psychiatric ward at an inner city hospital were retrospectively examined. Included in the study are patients who were 25 years of age or younger and were hospitalized for psychotic symptoms.