Psychiatric News (12/23) reported, “Black patients continue to be at greater risk of physical or chemical restraint during an emergency psychiatric evaluation than white patients,” researchers concluded after analyzing data from “electronic medical records of adults 18 years and older who received an emergency psychiatric evaluation at Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C., over a six-year period.” Included in the study were “a total of 12,977 unique emergency psychiatric encounters.” The findings were published online Dec. 21 in Psychiatric Services, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
Related Links:
— “Black Patients More Likely to Be Restrained During Emergency Psychiatric Evaluation, Psychiatric News, December 23, 2021