background: considering the negative consequences of using physical restraints, we conducted this study to identify patients who are more frequently restrained in a psychiatric emergency ward as an initial step to limit the use of restraint to the minimum possible. methods: this was a retrospective case control study conducted in iran psychiatric hospital in tehran, iran. we reviewed the files ...

Wellbeing of nurses is associated with patient aggression. Little is known about the differences in these associations between nurses working in different specialties. We aimed to estimate and compare the prevalence of patient aggression and the associations between patient aggression and the wellbeing of nurses in psychiatric and non-psychiatric specialties (medical and surgical, and emergency...

OBJECTIVE The authors' purpose in this study was to investigate the interrater agreement among psychiatrists in psychiatric emergency service settings. The interrater reliability of many of the key concepts in psychiatric emergency service settings has not been studied. METHOD Videotapes of 30 psychiatric emergency service patient assessment interviews conducted by psychiatrists were shown to...

background: more psychiatric visits, especially non-emergency ones, to emergency departments (eds) of general hospitals have been observed in recent years. the aim of this study was to determine the characteristics of psychiatric visits to the ed of rasoul-e-akram hospital, tehran, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, during a two-month period, all psychiatric presentations and consult...

Background The practice of physical restraint in psychiatric emergency practice is rather frequent. Patients with substance abuse more often present aggressive behavior requiring physical restraint in such settings. The legal frame for such practice in our country is defined in the Law for the protection of persons with mental disturbances. Patients admitted to a psychiatric emergency ward were...

Background Unhealthy drinking and other drug use are common comorbid problems among individuals receiving treatment in psychiatric Emergency Departments (ED). Several studies have shown that systematic screening and motivational brief interventions (SBIRT) are promising approaches for reducing alcohol and drug use that can be implemented in psychiatric ED settings. Recent digital screening and ...

Possible predictors of hospitalization for adolescents with conduct disorder seen in psychiatric emergency service Objective: The aim was to investigate predictors of hospitalization of adolescents with conduct disorder (CD) seen in emergency service of a mental health hospital. Method: Patients were evaluated retrospectively by age, gender, school status, family structure, presenting symptoms ...