These Are My Rights!
A patient prescribed these must first sign an informed consent
What are Psychotropic medications?
The primary team is psychiatry but the patient is on an acute medical unit
What are primary psych admissions/patients?
"I understand that the voices seem real to you, but I do not hear any voices. There is no one else in the room but you and me".
What is presenting reality (therapeutic)?
Characterized by a change in mood that is expressed by feelings of sadness, despair, and negative thinking
What is depression?
The initial legal hold a patient can be placed on
What is a 5150 or 72 hour hold?
This person has no clinical or administrative responsibility for a patient's mental health treatment
Who are Patient Rights' Advocates?
A behavioral health patient who no longer needs intravenous fluids may be admitted here
What is the Behavioral Health Unit?
"I'm not sure that I understand. Would you please explain?"
What is seeking clarification (therapeutic)
Characterized by a pattern of intense and chaotic relationships, mood swings, impulsiveness, and self-destructive behaviors
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
True or False
A 5150 allows you to give medications involuntarily
What is False?
The right to have visitors, access to a telephone, and to wear own clothing
What are rights that can be denied with good cause?
A behavioral health patient who requires continuous oxygen therapy may be admitted here
What is an acute medical unit?
"I think you should divorce your husband"
What is giving advice (non-therapeutic)?
Characterized by extreme mood swings from severe depression to extreme euphoria (mania) with some periods of normalcy in between
What is Bipolar Disorder?
The number of days a 5250 may last?
What are 14 days?
A person may be involuntarily detained as a result of a mental health disorder if they are any of these
What are danger to self, danger to others and/or gravely disabled?
A nurse from this unit completes the admission health history, elopement and suicide risk screening for a primary psych patient
What is the behavioral health unit?
"Everything will be okay. Don't worry"
What is giving false reassurance (non-therapeutic)
Consists of delusions and hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior.
What is Schizophrenia?
Name one of the types of hearings our patients may have.
Certification Review or PC/Probable Cause hearing
Capacity or Riese hearing
WRIT
This is the legal request for release from a facility that a patient can file with the assistance of an advocate
What is a Writ of Habeas Corpus?
A nurse from this unit performs ongoing assessments on primary psych patients
What is the acute medical unit?
Sharing with a patient where we live, our marital status, and how many children we have are examples of this
What is excessive self disclosure (non-therapeutic)?
Characterized by socially irresponsible, deceitful and guiltless behavior that reflects a general disregard for others
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
The person responsible for "serving" the patient with a 5250
BH nurse or BHU designee