Citation

Foote A, Ostermeyer B. Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. 2017; 40(3): 555-564.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma, 920 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. Electronic address: britta-ostermeyer@ouhsc.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psc.2017.05.004

PMID

28800809

Abstract

Psychiatrists and clinicians encounter unique situations, challenges, and requirements in the treatment of jail and prison inmates in the emergency department. This article reviews the historical legal highlights pertaining to medical and psychiatric care of inpatients, as well as the professional, ethical, and legal aspects that allow clinicians to evaluate, treat, and properly disposition their inmate patients. In particular, this article discusses the specific suicide risk factors related to inmates and correctional facilities that should be ascertained and managed in a clinician's suicide risk assessment and intervention planning in this special high suicide risk patient population.

Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Emergency psychiatry; Ethics; Inmates; Legal