Posted by Gabbix2 on September 18, 2005, at 1:08:39
In reply to Re: WAIT--Please read this! » Gabbix2, posted by Phillipa on September 18, 2005, at 0:52:33
> You're both correct. But if someone came in suicidal and read something they didn't think was true about them without someone present to intervene in their behalf it could just could push them over the edge. Another example is someone who comes in manic and doesnt remember stripping off all their clothes in front of other pts and staff. It happens all the time. And that is when male staff are called to restrain the pt. How humiliating. But once their meds are working they don't remember. But it's documented in their notes. Both nurses and pdocs. Fondly, Phillipa
I know what goes on in psych hospitals, I've worked with the mentally ill, and there are of going to be extreme cases in every situation.
I get the feeling that Caroline has put a lot of thought into how to go about this, and she was the one I was responding to.
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