Psychiatric service users’ experiences of emergency departments: a CERQual review of qualitative studies

Background: There is increased clinical and political attention towards integrating general and psychiatric emergency departments (ED). However, research into psychiatric service users’ experiences regarding general EDs is limited.Aim: To identify and summarize current, qualitative evidence regarding service users’ experiences attending EDs. A secondary aim is to apply and test the newly developed CERQual approach to summarizing qualitative...