I’m writing a book and I don’t know whether the character should be sedated or awake when being admitted to the hospital. Thanks
Not at the time of admission, but at time of assessment for admission. For a compulsory admission, you would have to be conscious when assessed under the Mental Health Act. For a [...]
I am looking for a hospital where I can live. I can’t handle the "real world". I have bipolar disorder and am 100% positive that a hospital environment is what I need right now. Are there such hospitals that I can check myself into and then live there? Any information would be really helpful.
You need [...]
I OD’d on pills about 10 days ago, and spent 7 days in a psychiatric hospital. They discharged me even though I told them I wasn’t ready, and now I feel just as bad as I did the night I tried to kill myself.
What should I do?
Phone the ward staff where you were an inpatient [...]
Serious question. Don’t give me stupid answer. I’m well aware it’s not normal. But I get random urges to stab myself and earlier I was cooking dinner and had a fork in my hand and had the strongest urge to stab myself in the leg with it, that I ended up throwing the fork so [...]
I want to know how hospitals/dr determine who to drug test at the time of their child’s birth. The reason I ask is because I as told that medicaid patients have to be tested by law and that seems to me like they are discriminating on mother’s on well fare. I have experience as a [...]
My most concern is if they would be taken to a psychiatric hospital??. Thank you..
If the person was in the middle of a panic attack, the emergency room would assess them for any other medical issue and help them breathe and calm down. There would likely be a psychological assessment to see if there [...]
I’ve had a lot going on lately, and I’ve thought about suicide a lot. I also have been cutting my arms. so a couple nights ago I had a dream where I was in a psychiatric hospital, I woke up and it kind of freaked me out. and then I just have this random dream, [...]
I’ve been thinking about going into a line of work in a psychiatric hospital, except I’m not sure what kind of doctor works in a psychiatric hospital. I’ve still got a couple years until college, but it’s never too early to ask questions right?
Well, there are mental health associates who work on the floor with [...]
Everytime i go to my local hospital to A&E at night-time there are always police there, usually with some person in handcuffs. Do police work at hospitals?
Police must stay with the people they arrest who need medical treatment.
Some hospitals do have police around the clock to augment the Security staff. A medical campus large [...]
i have a friend that has been in and out of a psychiatric hospital a few times and he tells me that he is scared that girls wont like him because of that. also that he is afraid to get into a relationship because he would have to tell her either before or after they [...]
