Expanding patient access to psychiatry and mental health supports: early impacts of the Nova Scotia health rapid access and stabilization program
This study reveals a substantial increase in access to psychiatric care through RASP and the program's effectiveness is underscored by high overall satisfaction. These findings emphasize the program's success in delivering quality mental health care while also identifying opportunities for further improvement to ensure continued patient satisfaction and service excellence.
Authors
- Vincent I. O. Agyapong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2743-0372)
- Samuel Obeng Nkrumah
- Prosper Koto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6126-6756)
- Gloria Obuobi-Donkor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5325-8054)
- Mahmoud A. Awara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1860-0306)
- Bryanne Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7618-0162)
- Cindy Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4030-7413)
- Sanjana Sridharan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1396-4436)
- Medard Kofi Adu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9593-0275)
- Ejemai Eboreime (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8277-2570)
- Ngozi Ezeanozie
- Monica MacKinnon
- Belinda Agyapong
- Jason Morrison
- JianLi Wang
- Wozney Lori
Institutions
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Discovery Centre (CA)
- Nova Scotia Health Authority (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1634335
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- QEII Foundation
- Dalhousie University
- Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University