and Ethical Guidelines | Questions and Answers
T/F: All psychiatric patients need to be in the acute hospital setting. ** Answ** False
Name the most acute treatment:
a. community clinics
b. partial hospitalization
c. clinical case management
d. emergency department ** Answ** D
Name the most acute treatment
a. intensive substance abuse program
b. psychosocial rehabilitation program
c. crisis stabilization unit
d. specialty care providers ** Answ** C
_________ programs offer intensive, short-term treatments similar to inpatient care except that
the patient is able to return home each day. The programs offer 5-6 hours per day utilization
individual and group psychotherapy treatment. ** Answ** Partial hospitalization
__________ promote prevention and reduces instances of reoccurrences or relapse ** Answ**
Community health
____________ involves coordinating mental health, physical health, spiritual health, social
service, educational serve and vocational realms of care ** Answ** Case management
_____________ bridge the gap between psychiatric and physical needs of the patient **
Answ** Psychiatric specialty nurse
, The primary goal of emergency services is to perform ______ and ______ ** Answ** triage,
stabilization
T/F: Emergency psychiatric care is consistent across the nation. ** Answ** False; it varies
due to differences in state mental health system designs
Name the 3 major models of Emergency Care and Crisis Stabilization ** Answ** 1.
Comprehensive Emergency Service Model
2. Hospital-Based Consultant Model
3. Mobile Crisis Team Model
You have a patient in crisis, do you care more about what happened currently or 10 years ago?
** Answ** Currently
________ is commonly reserved for those people who are suicidal, homicidal, extremely
disabled and in need of short term, acute care ** Answ** Admission to the hospital
Patients can be put on a legal hold (5150) for 72 hours if they meet these 3 criteria: ** Answ**
1. DTS
2. DTO
3. Gravely disabled
What does it mean to be gravely disabled? ** Answ** It means that they have no viable plan
for self-care. It means they are so caught up in their hallucinations/psychosis that they cannot do
this.
T/F: All homeless people gravely disabled ** Answ** False; some homeless people have
plans to take care of themselves (self-care), ex: they go digging in trash.
Most inpatient treatment today takes place in ______ or ________ ** Answ** general
hospitals or private psychiatric hospitals