Psychiatric hospital

the hospital or medical center, is the site most people will find themselves when they are unsure of what is happening to him or herself or a loved one. According to a recent article in the mental health section of Fox news entitled, Emergency Rooms Slow To Treat, Transfer Psychiatric Patients, (2016), emergency rooms (ER’s) have become the dumping grounds for those exhibiting symptoms of mental illness. In this short paper, it will be made apparent that most emergency departments in hospitals…

Background and Significance Decreasing resources for outpatient psychiatric services in the community have increased ER presentations of patients with psychiatric concerns. Many ERs are not equipped to assess patients with psychiatric problems, as a result a patient with psychiatric concerns can wait 12-24 hours in the ER for assessment, a practice known as boarding, which has been reported to cost hospital systems approximately $2,264 per patient on average. (Nicks & Manthey, 2012). This has…

An example of a state hospital that is still serving North Carolina residents who are mentally ill today is the Broughton Hospital. Broughton Hospital is a state hospital run by the state of North Carolina. Broughton Hospital is one of three regional psychiatric hospitals that operate as a part of the Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities (DSOHF) within the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. They support North Carolinian residents and their families who are…

Psychogenic Fugue Tutkun, Hamdi, et al. "Frequency of Dissociative Disorders among Psychiatric Inpatients in a Turkish University Clinic." The American Journal of Psychiatry 155.6 (1998): 800-5. ProQuest. Web. 30 Sep. 2015. Introduction – The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of dissociative disorders among psychiatry patients in a clinic in Turkey by using standardized assessment tests. The researchers also wanted to determine the differences between patients who were diagnosed…

the deficiencies present “mystery shoppers” have been widely utilized. The idea of mystery shopping is very common in the retail industry; however, it can be used in the healthcare industry. In a study by Doctor Lazarus Arthur titled Improving Psychiatric Service Through Mystery Shopping, tells that “Persons pretending to be patients have found discrepancies between the service promised and the service delivered, leading to positive changes, such as reduced waiting times, increased retention of…

Identify your selected problem in the first line of your posting and post your research question. “Relationship between effective Discharge Planning and Psychiatric Hospital Readmission Rate” Does effective discharge planning reduce the rate of readmission to a psychiatric hospital? According to Burns and Grove (2005), a correlational study examines the relationship between two research variables within a known situation. A correlational study determines if two variables are correlated. It also…

Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is one of the most effective films for me. Jack Nicholson acts a strong and funny actor as Randle McMurphy, who transfer to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation. He hopes to relax at hospital environment, and he tries to survive these days before he has to go to jail. Nurse Ratchet (the head nurse of the psychiatric section) watches McMurphy and notices something different about him, he is not as psycho as the others. McMurphy begins to fight against her power by…

18. 19% of adults in the United States suffer with some form of mental illness; 3.77% have had serious thoughts of committing suicide (“Adult Population with Mental Illnesses in the US, by State, 2015”). While this doesn’t seem like a very large number, this is a nationwide average. When you look at states individually, the numbers do go up. In 2013, Nation Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) said that one in four adults experience mental illness. Despite these statistics, mental illness is still…

discusses issues such as corruption of pharmacy companies, addiction, and dependence. This inspired me to investigate both sides of the argument to form my own opinion. B. The problem is the overprescription of psychiatric medication. This problem impacts people…

year,1 in 5 adults in the U.S will experience some type of mental illness. A vast majority that suffer from mental or psychiatric disorders in the United States do not get the treatment and attention they need often because of the excessive cost of therapy and prescription drugs (Anxiety and Depression Association of America, n.d.). The long term effects of a mental or psychiatric disorder that goes untreated, can be detrimental to a person 's overall well-being. With the prevalence of mental…