The Coalition on Psychiatric Emergencies (CPE) is made up of a group of leaders in emergency medicine, psychiatry and patient advocacy who are focused on improving the treatment of psychiatric emergencies for patients and emergency providers. The Coalition is managed by the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) and seeks to improve patient care for psychiatric/behavioral emergencies through collaboration focused specifically on:
- Developing a continuum of care, to include prevention and aftercare
- Ensuring education and training for emergency staff who care for patients
- Improving the treatment experience for patients and staff during a psychiatric emergency
- Driving improved quality and safety of diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric emergencies
- Decreasing boarding of psychiatric patients in emergency departments
- Ensuring adequate funding and resources for treating psychiatric emergencies
- Advancing the research around psychiatric emergencies
Current Members
- American Academy of Emergency Medicine
- American Association for Emergency Psychiatry
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- American Psychiatric Association
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- Emergency Nurse Association
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
