Psychiatric Bulletin 2001; 25: 132--134.Brown KW, Billcliff N, McCabe E. Informed consent to medication in long-term psychiatric in-patients. Psychi- atric Bulletin. 2001;25(4):132-134.Brown KB, Billcliff N, McCabe E. Informed consent to medication in long-term psychiatric in- patients....
Delivery of Medication to Psychiatric Patients in Community Health Services in New South Wales Objective: We investigated the supply and monitoring of medication to patients who attend community mental health services in NSW. Method: The staff at fou... Neil,Buhrich,Anne,... - 《Australian & ...
BackgroundWe tested the hypothesis that combinations and total daily doses of psychotropics for hospitalized patients diagnosed with major psychiatric disorders are rising.MethodsWe evaluated McLean Hospital records of 481 consecutive inpatients with DSM-IV schizophrenia, schizoaffective, or bipolar disorder...
Hospitalization of Psychiatric Patients Often Conditioned on Taking Medication, Israeli Study Finds A new study on informed consent finds that psychiatrists in Israel avoid providing information about the side effects of medications, and often...
Maya Kunofsky, NP, is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner practicing in the Flatiron. She offers psychiatric evaluation and medication management for adults.
Gaps between subjective estimations and objective costs of psychiatric treatment Table 2 shows the level of knowledge of psychiatrists regarding patients’ National Insurance Institute disability pension, HMO coverage and the patient’s deductible. In addition, the table presents physicians' estimates of th...
For example, ICU patients are known to be more susceptible to MRAEs with prevalence rates varying from 3.3 to 72.5% of patients whereas ME rates for psychiatric patients range from 10.6 to 17.5% [3, 32,33,34]. These interdisciplinary differences can largely be associated with both the ...
The studywas publishedin the July issue ofPsychiatric Services. Important Clinical Issue CBT for psychosis was originally developed for outpatients with medication-resistant positive symptoms, and most studies have involved this subset of patients. However, prior meta-analyses have not provided an estimat...
Appropriateness of medication use in geriatric patients admitted to an acute inpatient psychiatric serviceLeloux, M RKutscher, E C
Psychiatric symptoms may be common in elderly patients with syncope or falls, occurring in one fifth to one third of these patients. Physicians taking care of older patients with syncope should be aware of the high prevalence of FOF with its associated functional decline, depressive symptoms, and...