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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  3. Allen MH, Currier GW, Carpenter D, Ross R, Docherty JP. The expert consensus guideline series treatment of behavioral emergencies 2005. J Psychiatr Pract. 2005;11(Suppl 1):1–108
  4. Damsa C, Lazignac C, Chauvet I, Cicotti A, Adam E. De la clinique vers la «médecine basée sur des preuves» dans un service d'urgences psychiatriques. Ann Méd Psychol. 2005;163:745–752
  5. Allen MH. Managing the agitated psychotic patient: a reappraisal of the evidence. J Clin Psychiatry. 2000;61(Suppl 14):11–20
  6. Baleydier B, Damsa C, Schutzbach C, Stauffer O, Glauser D. Etude comparative des caractéristiques sociodémographiques et des facteurs prédictifs de soins de patients suisses et étrangers consultant un service d'urgences psychiatriques. Encéphale. 2004;29:205–212
  7. Allen MH, Carpenter D, Sheets JL, Miccio S, Ross R. What do consumers say they want and need during a psychiatric emergency?. J Psychiatr Pract. 2003;9:39–58

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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