Wait times in the emergency department for patients with mental illness

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.