Competence required while caring for people living with mental illness in the ambulance care setting: a Delphi study
Ambulance clinicians are expected to manage a range of incidents involving people living with mental illness, demanding knowledge of mental illness and the skills of mental health assessment, to ensure ambulance clinicians have the ability and non-judgmental attitude to make appropriate decisions within a caring encounter.
Authors
- Staffan Hammarbäck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9612-5753)
- Henrik Andersson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3308-7304)
- Mats Holmberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1878-0992)
Institutions
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Linnaeus University (SE)
- Eskilstuna Municipality (SE)
- Ambulance Care (Sweden) (SE)
- Center for Clinical Research Dalarna (SE)
- University of Borås (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Discover Mental Health
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s44192-025-00140-6
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ulster University
- Linnéuniversitetet