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November 17, 2025Psychiatric Research and Clinical PracticeOpen Access

Assessment, Intervention, Monitoring, Step‐Up/Step‐Down (AIMS) in Action: 5 Years Review of Transforming Transitions in Crisis Care

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JCJacqui ChiuIRIdalia RodriguezNGNikki Geffen

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Overview

This evaluation shows reduced unplanned presentations in emergency departments, indicating effective crisis responses and case management improvement.

Key Points

  • Evaluate the impact of the AIMS framework and transition coordinator role on crisis care enhancements.
  • Data collected from a metropolitan public mental health service over 5 years (2020–2024).
  • Proactive identification of mental health issues documented by the transition coordinator.
  • Descriptive statistics analyzed changes in service use and care coordination outcomes.
  • 4382 individuals flagged for proactive support with 72.6% remaining in community care.
  • Coordinated admissions increased, while unplanned ED presentations fell by 21.4%.
  • Uncoordinated admissions dropped by 66.1% among flagged individuals.

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Chiu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692509eec0ce034ddc3529fehttps://doi.org/10.1176/appi.prcp.20250091
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