According to CPE's website, the coalition came out of a "psychiatric emergency summit" in December 2014.[3]
Activities
CPE hosted its "1st Annual Research Consensus Conference on Acute Mental Illness" on December 7–9, 2016 in Las Vegas, NV.[4] According to 2023-2024 CPE Chair Dr. Michael Wilson, CPE has conducted several activities to support the creation of a new Focused Practice Destination in Emergency Behavioral Health.[5]
Formation
The coalition's member organizations represent multiple healthcare disciplines, including emergency physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other stakeholders. CPE is composed of the following member organizations:[3]
Scott Zeller, MD, Chief of Psychiatric Emergency Services for the Alameda Health System, has described the collaborative as "unprecedented."[2] Peggy DeCarlis, chief operating and innovation officer of New Directions Behavioral Health, has expressed "excitement" towards her organization's partnership with CPE.[13]
Criticism
David W. Covington, LPC, MBA, CEO and president of RI International, an international provider of recovery services, has suggested that the "reinforcements" that CPE will bring to American emergency departments are not enough to combat the problems that emergency departments face in dealing with acute psychiatric emergencies.[14]
^Miller, Julie (December 18, 2015). "Coalition aims to improve psychiatric emergency care". Behavioral Health Executive. Vendome Group, LLC. Institute for the Advancement of Behavioral Healthcare. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.