Involuntary Processes: Knowledge Base of Health Care Professionals in a Tertiary Medical Center in Upstate South Carolina

• Published in: Community mental health journal Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 149 - 157
• Main Authors: Holder, Sharon M., Warren, Calvert, Rogers, Kenneth, Griffeth, Benjamin, Peterson, Eunice, Blackhurst, Dawn, Ochonma, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.02.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Caregivers; Commitment of Mentally Ill - legislation & jurisprudence; Community and Environmental Psychology; Doctors' assistants; Emergency Service, Hospital; Emergency services; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health services; Hospitalization; Humans; Involuntary; Knowledge; Knowledge base; Law; Medical personnel; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental disorders; Mental Disorders - therapy; Mental health; Nurse practitioners; Nurses; Original Paper; Patients; Personnel, Hospital - psychology; Personnel, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Physicians; Psychiatry; Social workers; South Carolina; Surveys and Questionnaires; Sympathy; Technicians; Tertiary Care Centers; South Carolina; United States > US; Commitment processes; Emergency department; Health care professionals; Involuntary processes

The involuntary hospitalization law provides a means by which love ones, caregivers and healthcare professionals can intervene when a mentally ill patient is a danger to self or others. Our study assessed the knowledge of professionals in one of the Greenville Health System (GHS) emergency departmen...