Open AccessPatient Characteristics and Emergency Treatment Orders in Three Florida Inpatient Psychiatric Units
Author(s) -
France M Leandre,
Lanqing Hong,
Sarah M. Fayad,
Michael Johnson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hca healthcare journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3830
pISSN - 2689-0216
DOI - 10.36518/2689-0216.1162
Subject(s) - medicine , demographics , psychological intervention , schizophrenia spectrum , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , body mass index , retrospective cohort study , cohort , neurocognitive , psychiatry , emergency medicine , pediatrics , psychosis , demography , cognition , sociology
Florida law defines emergency treatment orders (ETOs) as an immediate administration of psychotropic medications to a person to expeditiously treat symptoms that may present an immediate danger to the safety of the person or others.1 There is currently little information on who receives ETOs. In this study, we aim to explore correlations between patients' demographics and administering ETOs in order to understand this cohort, which could allow for improved services and alternative interventions.