General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 431-433, September 2006

Heisenberg in the ER: observation appears to reduce involuntary intramuscular injections in a psychiatric emergency service

  • Cristian Damsa, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Service d'accueil, d'urgence et de liaison psychiatrique, Cantonal Universitary Hospital Geneva, 24, rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
    • Clinical Investigation Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80220, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Investigation Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4455 East 12th Avenue, Denver, CO 80220, USA.
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  • Douglas Ikelheimer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Investigation Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80220, USA
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  • Eric Adam, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Service d'urgences psychiatriques, Centre Hospitalier Régional “La Citadelle,” Boulevard du Douzième de Ligne, 1, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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  • Susanne Maris, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Service d'accueil, d'urgence et de liaison psychiatrique, Cantonal Universitary Hospital Geneva, 24, rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Antonio Andreoli, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Service d'accueil, d'urgence et de liaison psychiatrique, Cantonal Universitary Hospital Geneva, 24, rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Coralie Lazignac, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Service d'accueil, d'urgence et de liaison psychiatrique, Cantonal Universitary Hospital Geneva, 24, rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Michael H. Allen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Investigation Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80220, USA

Received 1 May 2006; accepted 1 June 2006.

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PII: S0163-8343(06)00095-8

doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.06.001

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 431-433, September 2006

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