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Jul 4, 2019 · Across the country more than half of all admissions to psychiatric hospitals are involuntary, and in some areas the rates of involuntary admission are as high as 67% . Although it is widely practiced, involuntary hospital treatment offers ethical challenges.
- Erin Burn, Maev Conneely, Monica Leverton, Domenico Giacco
- 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00433
- 2019
- Front Psychiatry. 2019; 10: 433.
Apr 24, 2023 · Defined by the United States Health and Human Services, civil commitment - involuntary hospitalization of a patient – is the legal process by which a person is confined in a psychiatric hospital because of a treatable mental disorder, against his or her wishes.
- Kamron A. Fariba, Vikas Gupta
- 2023/04/24
Jul 9, 2023 · Variations in the rates of involuntary admission (IA) reflect the influence of unexplained contextual variables that are typically too heterogeneous to be included in systematic reviews. This paper attempts to gather and analyze factors unrelated to the patients that have been linked to IA.
- 10.3390/healthcare11141986
- 2023/07
- Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Jul; 11(14): 1986.
- Informed Consent
- Restraints and Seclusion
- Admission For Care
- Discharge
- Reporting Unsafe Or Impaired Professionals
Informed consent is the fundamental right of an individual to accept or reject health care. Based on the Patient Self-Determination Act, clients have the right to give informed consent before receiving medical assessment or treatment (except in emergency situations when imminent harm may occur to themselves or others). Most states allow a client to...
Restraints are devices used in health care settings to prevent patients from causing harm to themselves or others when alternative interventions are not effective. A restraint is a device, method, or process that is used for the specific purpose of restricting a patient’s freedom of movement without the permission of the person. Restraints include ...
When clients with mental health disorders are admitted for inpatient care, the type of admission dictates certain rights and aspects of their treatment plan. Admissions may be voluntary admissions, emergency admissions, or involuntary admissions.
When clients with mental health disorders are hospitalized, their admission status may impact their rights related to discharge. There are four main types of discharge: 1. Unconditional Discharge:Unconditional discharge refers to unconditional termination of the legal patient and institution relationship. Discharge may be ordered by a psychiatrist,...
Patients have the right to humane treatment and reasonable protection from harm. For example, if a suicidal patient is admitted and left alone with the means of self-harm, the nurse has a duty to protect the patient and can be held liable for injuries or death that occurs. Nurses also have a duty to protect patients from suspected negligence by a c...
The overall evidence suggested correlations between involuntary psychiatric admission and several implications: length of stay, aggressive behavior, occurrence of psychopathologies, uses of coercive measures, psychiatric service activations after discharge, emotive reactions, and quality of life.
Nov 29, 2016 · Patients who are court-ordered to involuntary outpatient treatment have demonstrated past failures to participate in outpatient treatment, subsequent clinical deterioration, and a return to involuntary inpatient treatment once the patient’s symptoms create an imminent risk of harm once again.
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Sep 21, 2022 · Involuntary psychiatric hospitalization can be distressing for individuals and is controversial but also potentially lifesaving. To what degree is this practice evidence based?
