Background The use of involuntary psychiatric holds (IPH) to detain patients who lack the
capacity to make health care decisions due to nonpsychiatric conditions is common. While …

Background Medically hospitalized patients who lack decisional capacity may request,
demand, or attempt to leave the hospital despite grave risk to themselves. The treating …

The practice of involuntary psychiatric commitment is central to the acute treatment of
persons with severe mental illness and others in psychiatric crisis. Deciding whether a …

To elucidate disparities in clinical and legal documentation for patients admitted involuntarily
to a county psychiatric hospital in Texas. The study sample comprised of 89 randomly …

Objective: Psychiatric emergency hold laws permit involuntary admission to a health care
facility of a person with an acute mental illness under certain circumstances. This study …

How Inpatient Psychiatric Units Can Be Both Safe and Therapeutic | Journal of Ethics |
American Medical Association Skip to main content AMA Journal of Ethics ® Illuminating the …

Emergency department (ED) psychiatrists face the consequential decision to pursue
involuntary inpatient psychiatric admission. Research on the relationship between patient …

The field of psychiatry has placed a growing emphasis on research-based diagnostic and
treatment practices related to mental illness. Involuntary hospitalization is a controversial …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine associations between homelessness
and length of psychiatric hospitalization and to explore the role of mental health …

Background Psychiatric patients experience longer treatment times (length of stay [LOS]) in
the emergency department (ED) compared to nonpsychiatric patients. Although patients on …