A Comprehensive Emergency Psychiatric Service in a General Hospital

Day treatment for alcoholism in a general hospital psychiatric service.

In this paper a time limited, cost effective day treatment program for alcoholics, and characteristics of patients entering this treatment program, are described. The advantages of this day treatment program are discussed with special emphasis on its relationship with other community service agencies, with the community at large and, with a General Hospital Mental Health service, of which it is...

Violence Against Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Service Personnel in Guilan Province, Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study

Predictors of physical restraint in a psychiatric emergency setting

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 f...

A toxicologic service in a general hospital.

1HE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE is to present useful information and suggestions that have been found of practical value in a general hospital in dealing with problems arising from accidental, suicidal, and industrial intoxication. This material is based on background experience gained in the laboratory of Dr. A. 0. Gettler, Chief Toxicologist to the Medical Examiner of the City of New York, and in...

Psychiatric admission in a general hospital. Patients profile and patterns of service utilization over a decade.

OBJECTIVE To analyze the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of admitted patients and the patterns of their service utilization over a decade from March 1988 to March 1998. METHODS Prospective data compilation using a structured questionnaire, hospital records and follow-up observations at King Fahd Hospital of the University in Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. RESULTS A total...