AIMS To describe the clinical outcomes for a group of patients with severe alcohol dependence discharged from an Involuntary Drug and Alcohol Treatment (IDAT) program. METHODS Forty patients admitted to an inpatient IDAT program were prospectively followed up over 6 months using standardized questionnaires. RESULTS Patients had high rates of mental health comorbidities (97.5%), cortical atr...

This article systematically reviews the literature on the outcome of acute hospitalization for adult general psychiatric patients admitted involuntarily as compared to patients admitted voluntarily. Inclusion and exclusion criteria qualified 41 out of 3,227 references found in Medline and PSYNDEXplus literature searches for this review. The authors independently rated these articles on six pre-...

INTRODUCTION Little is known about the use of involuntary psychiatric holds in preadolescent children. The primary objective was to characterize patients under the age of 10 years on involuntary psychiatric holds. METHODS This was a two-year retrospective study from April 2013 - April 2015 in one urban pediatric emergency department (ED). Subjects were all children under the age of 10 years w...