Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current issue
    • Past issues
    • Early releases
    • Collections
    • Sections
    • Blog
    • Infographics & illustrations
    • Podcasts
    • COVID-19 Articles
    • Obituary notices
  • Authors & Reviewers
    • Overview for authors
    • Submission guidelines
    • Submit a manuscript
    • Forms
    • Editorial process
    • Editorial policies
    • Peer review process
    • Publication fees
    • Reprint requests
    • Open access
    • Patient engagement
  • Members & Subscribers
    • Benefits for CMA Members
    • CPD Credits for Members
    • Subscribe to CMAJ Print
    • Subscription Prices
    • Obituary notices
  • Alerts
    • Email alerts
    • RSS
  • JAMC
    • À propos
    • Numéro en cours
    • Archives
    • Sections
    • Abonnement
    • Alertes
    • Trousse média 2023
    • Avis de décès
  • CMAJ JOURNALS
    • CMAJ Open
    • CJS
    • JAMC
    • JPN

User menu

Search

  • Advanced search
CMAJ
  • CMAJ JOURNALS
    • CMAJ Open
    • CJS
    • JAMC
    • JPN
CMAJ

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current issue
    • Past issues
    • Early releases
    • Collections
    • Sections
    • Blog
    • Infographics & illustrations
    • Podcasts
    • COVID-19 Articles
    • Obituary notices
  • Authors & Reviewers
    • Overview for authors
    • Submission guidelines
    • Submit a manuscript
    • Forms
    • Editorial process
    • Editorial policies
    • Peer review process
    • Publication fees
    • Reprint requests
    • Open access
    • Patient engagement
  • Members & Subscribers
    • Benefits for CMA Members
    • CPD Credits for Members
    • Subscribe to CMAJ Print
    • Subscription Prices
    • Obituary notices
  • Alerts
    • Email alerts
    • RSS
  • JAMC
    • À propos
    • Numéro en cours
    • Archives
    • Sections
    • Abonnement
    • Alertes
    • Trousse média 2023
    • Avis de décès
  • Visit CMAJ on Facebook
  • Follow CMAJ on Twitter
  • Follow CMAJ on Pinterest
  • Follow CMAJ on Youtube
  • Follow CMAJ on Instagram
Research

Wait times in the emergency department for patients with mental illness

Clare L. Atzema, Michael J. Schull, Paul Kurdyak, Natasja M. Menezes, Andrew S. Wilton, Marian J. Vermuelen and Peter C. Austin
CMAJ December 11, 2012 184 (18) E969-E976; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111043
Clare L. Atzema
From the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Atzema, Schull, Kurdyak, Wilton, Vermeulan, Austin), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Atzema, Schull), Toronto, Ont.; the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry (Kurdyak), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; and the Department of Psychiatry (Menezes), McMaster University Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: clare.atzema@ices.on.ca
Michael J. Schull
From the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Atzema, Schull, Kurdyak, Wilton, Vermeulan, Austin), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Atzema, Schull), Toronto, Ont.; the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry (Kurdyak), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; and the Department of Psychiatry (Menezes), McMaster University Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Paul Kurdyak
From the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Atzema, Schull, Kurdyak, Wilton, Vermeulan, Austin), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Atzema, Schull), Toronto, Ont.; the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry (Kurdyak), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; and the Department of Psychiatry (Menezes), McMaster University Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Natasja M. Menezes
From the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Atzema, Schull, Kurdyak, Wilton, Vermeulan, Austin), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Atzema, Schull), Toronto, Ont.; the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry (Kurdyak), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; and the Department of Psychiatry (Menezes), McMaster University Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Andrew S. Wilton
From the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Atzema, Schull, Kurdyak, Wilton, Vermeulan, Austin), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Atzema, Schull), Toronto, Ont.; the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry (Kurdyak), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; and the Department of Psychiatry (Menezes), McMaster University Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Marian J. Vermuelen
From the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Atzema, Schull, Kurdyak, Wilton, Vermeulan, Austin), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Atzema, Schull), Toronto, Ont.; the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry (Kurdyak), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; and the Department of Psychiatry (Menezes), McMaster University Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Peter C. Austin
From the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Atzema, Schull, Kurdyak, Wilton, Vermeulan, Austin), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Atzema, Schull), Toronto, Ont.; the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry (Kurdyak), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; and the Department of Psychiatry (Menezes), McMaster University Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Tables
  • Responses
  • Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

Article Information

vol. 184 no. 18 E969-E976
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111043
PubMed 
23148052
History 
  • Published online December 10, 2012.

Article Versions

  • Latest version (November 12, 2012 - 08:26).
  • You are viewing the most recent version of this article.
Copyright & Usage 
© 2012 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors

Author Information

  1. Clare L. Atzema, MD MSc⇑,
  2. Michael J. Schull, MD MSc,
  3. Paul Kurdyak, MD MSc,
  4. Natasja M. Menezes, MD MSc,
  5. Andrew S. Wilton, MSc,
  6. Marian J. Vermuelen, MSc,
  7. Peter C. Austin, PhD
  1. From the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Atzema, Schull, Kurdyak, Wilton, Vermeulan, Austin), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Atzema, Schull), Toronto, Ont.; the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry (Kurdyak), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; and the Department of Psychiatry (Menezes), McMaster University Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
  1. Correspondence to:
    Clare Atzema, clare.atzema{at}ices.on.ca
View Full Text

Statistics from Altmetric.com

Usage statistics: November 2012 to March 2023

AbstractFullPdf
Nov 20128290209
Dec 20121542104147
Jan 201375617480
Feb 20133202943
Mar 20131932548
Apr 2013153835
May 20131455923
Jun 2013721015
Jul 201338717
Aug 2013741215
Sep 201345212
Oct 201367823
Nov 2013941019
Dec 201336710
Jan 201454818
Feb 201438522
Mar 2014891115
Apr 201438311
May 201441108
Jun 201430413
Jul 2014491020
Aug 2014541023
Sep 201455729
Oct 2014651526
Nov 201473427
Dec 201435122
Jan 201553715
Feb 201534917
Mar 2015621912
Apr 201542129
May 20153444
Jun 20153885
Jul 20152517
Aug 201521113
Sep 201546617
Oct 201559816
Nov 2015681013
Dec 20154347
Jan 2016541110
Feb 201634107
Mar 201620918
Apr 20161774
May 201621611
Jun 20161367
Jul 201628511
Aug 201626720
Sep 201645820
Oct 2016631522
Nov 2016231210
Dec 2016281016
Jan 20172099
Feb 2017291213
Mar 2017341121
Apr 201721810
May 201730710
Jun 20171378
Jul 2017161018
Aug 201726515
Sep 20173158
Oct 2017341221
Nov 2017193017
Dec 201718183
Jan 201813189
Feb 2018122111
Mar 201892911
Apr 2018194014
May 2018202911
Jun 2018182011
Jul 2018131710
Aug 2018896
Sep 201822146
Oct 2018233318
Nov 201885611
Dec 20182597
Jan 201943415
Feb 201911378
Mar 201962714
Apr 201931613
May 201931310
Jun 20195813
Jul 201991326
Aug 20193411
Sep 201971310
Oct 2019132412
Nov 2019253118
Dec 20199155
Jan 20205175
Feb 2020222314
Mar 2020134712
Apr 20208448
May 202013214
Jun 20204179
Jul 20205248
Aug 20204546
Sep 202011558
Oct 2020139431
Nov 202083716
Dec 2020143526
Jan 2021174016
Feb 2021113615
Mar 2021186219
Apr 2021115918
May 2021102816
Jun 202191523
Jul 2021112422
Aug 2021122711
Sep 2021133724
Oct 2021155035
Nov 2021181933
Dec 202111195
Jan 2022163210
Feb 2022184819
Mar 2022234222
Apr 2022193714
May 2022195432
Jun 2022123811
Jul 20223209
Aug 2022173420
Sep 2022174121
Oct 2022254319
Nov 2022185025
Dec 2022101916
Jan 2023154319
Feb 2023234226
Mar 202352912

Cited By...

  • 10 Citations
  • Google Scholar
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Canadian Medical Association Journal: 184 (18)
CMAJ
Vol. 184, Issue 18
11 Dec 2012
  • Table of Contents
  • Index by author

Article tools

Respond to this article
Print
Download PDF
Article Alerts
To sign up for email alerts or to access your current email alerts, enter your email address below:
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on CMAJ.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Wait times in the emergency department for patients with mental illness
(Your Name) has sent you a message from CMAJ
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the CMAJ web site.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Citation Tools
Wait times in the emergency department for patients with mental illness
Clare L. Atzema, Michael J. Schull, Paul Kurdyak, Natasja M. Menezes, Andrew S. Wilton, Marian J. Vermuelen, Peter C. Austin
CMAJ Dec 2012, 184 (18) E969-E976; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.111043

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
‍ Request Permissions
Share
Wait times in the emergency department for patients with mental illness
Clare L. Atzema, Michael J. Schull, Paul Kurdyak, Natasja M. Menezes, Andrew S. Wilton, Marian J. Vermuelen, Peter C. Austin
CMAJ Dec 2012, 184 (18) E969-E976; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.111043
Digg logo Reddit logo Twitter logo Facebook logo Google logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • Methods
    • Results
    • Interpretation
    • Acknowledgements
    • Footnotes
    • References
  • Figures & Tables
  • Responses
  • Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • Highlights
  • PubMed
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Development and validation of a hospital frailty risk measure using Canadian clinical administrative data
  • The effect of changing screening practices and demographics on the incidence of gestational diabetes in British Columbia, 2005–2019
  • Self-reported sleep disturbances among people who have had a stroke: a cross-sectional analysis
Show more Research

Similar Articles

Collections

  • Topics
    • Health policy

 

View Latest Classified Ads

Content

  • Current issue
  • Past issues
  • Collections
  • Sections
  • Blog
  • Podcasts
  • Alerts
  • RSS
  • Early releases

Information for

  • Advertisers
  • Authors
  • Reviewers
  • CMA Members
  • CPD credits
  • Media
  • Reprint requests
  • Subscribers

About

  • General Information
  • Journal staff
  • Editorial Board
  • Advisory Panels
  • Governance Council
  • Journal Oversight
  • Careers
  • Contact
  • Copyright and Permissions
  • Accessibiity
  • CMA Civility Standards
CMAJ Group

Copyright 2023, CMA Impact Inc. or its licensors. All rights reserved. ISSN 1488-2329 (e) 0820-3946 (p)

All editorial matter in CMAJ represents the opinions of the authors and not necessarily those of the Canadian Medical Association or its subsidiaries.

To receive any of these resources in an accessible format, please contact us at CMAJ Group, 500-1410 Blair Towers Place, Ottawa ON, K1J 9B9; p: 1-888-855-2555; e: cmajgroup@cmaj.ca

Powered by HighWire