Use of Physical Restraints in the Emergency Department: Rationale, Risks, and Benefits

Abigail L Donovan; Aldis H Petriceks; Shreedhar Paudel; Chirag M Vyas; Theodore A Stern

doi:10.4088/PCC.22f03320

Use of Physical Restraints in the Emergency Department: Rationale, Risks, and Benefits

Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2023 May 4;25(3):22f03320. doi: 10.4088/PCC.22f03320.

Authors

Abigail L Donovan^{1

2

3}, Aldis H Petriceks^{2

4

3

5}, Shreedhar Paudel^{1

2

3}, Chirag M Vyas^{1

2

3}, Theodore A Stern^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ All authors contributed equally to the work.
⁴ Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York.
⁵ Corresponding author: Aldis H. Petriceks, BA, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 722 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032 ([email protected]).

PMID: 37146427
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.22f03320

Abstract

The Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital sees medical and surgical inpatients with comorbid psychiatric symptoms and conditions. During their twice-weekly rounds, Dr Stern and other members of the Consultation Service discuss diagnosis and management of hospitalized patients with complex medical or surgical problems who also demonstrate psychiatric symptoms or conditions. These discussions have given rise to rounds reports that will prove useful for clinicians practicing at the interface of medicine and psychiatry.

MeSH terms

Emergency Service, Hospital
Hospitals, General
Humans
Mental Disorders* / diagnosis
Mental Disorders* / therapy
Psychiatry*
Referral and Consultation
Restraint, Physical