Resource Tag: INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT
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Demand for Psychiatric Emergency Services and Immigration. Findings in a Spanish Hospital During the Year 2003
This study investigated differences among immigrants & natives regarding access & pathways to psychiatric care in a Spanish hospital, psychiatric admission rates, length of stay, continuity of care, & main diagnoses. Immigrants accounted for 13.0% of consultations to the psychiatric emergency room & 11.0% of admissions to the psychiatric hospitalization unit. Immigrants more often sought […]
Expediting Inpatient Admission When it’s Needed
This article reviews how hospital care may be expedited for patients who have psychiatric conditions or suicidal tendencies. Clinicians need to be clear about why admission is needed, to define the goals of hospitalization, & to measure the patient’s ability & willingness to follow doctors’ orders.
Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide Attempt and Self-Harm in Individuals With a History of Psychiatric Hospitalization
To date, research on risk for self-harming behavior has been oflimited success. This has led to difficulty in predicting self-harm, anddeveloping effective intervention programs. The existing predictionliterature has focused on static risk factors, failed to adequately define or measure many important constructs, and has not yet developed predictionschemes of adequate accuracy. The current intervention literature […]
When to Hospitalize Patients at Risk for Suicide
This article includes a discussion between J Mann and R M A Hirschfeld.
Imminent Suicide: the Illusion of Short-term Prediction
This article examines the concept of imminent suicide. A search of National Electronic Library for Mental Health, the Cochrane Library, PubMed, OVID, & MD Consult databases was conducted using the terms Òsuicide, imminent.Ó The term ÒimminentÓ frequently appears in the mental health literature, finding common usage among clinicians. Managed care admission protocols may contain imminence […]
Managed Care, Brief Hospitalization, and Alternatives to Hospitalization in the Care of Suicidal Patients (IN: Treatment of Suicidal Patients in Managed Care, ed. by J M Ellison)
For the full book, please see SIEC #2005-0874
“Not Just Another Call…Police Response to People With Mental Illnesses in Ontario”: a Practical Guide for the Frontline Officer
This resource guide for police officers is aimed at filling a gap in current police training by offering practical strategies to safely handle mental health situations. The guide defines mental illness, & provides a list of major mental illness disorders (including suicidal behavior) with specific response strategies for police. Pertinent information concerning the mental health […]