What Kind of Patients at the in the Special Intensity Units of Psychiatric Hospitals?
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I was inpatient three separate times in the adolescent unit while I was 18 for suicide attempts. I was often around the eating disorder unit, geriatrics, chemical dependency and such but definitely not around the SIU. It was more often than not that the “code yellows (when they needed extra staff)” were called to the SIU. What kind of patients are put there?
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Psychotic patients mostly but anyone aggressive, lacking insight or considered at risk
Some patients will be floridly psychotic while others a delusional disorder.
Suicide watch list patients with chronic depression and bipolar
Paranoid schizophrenics, people with full blown manic episodes or affective psychosis
Often patients experiencing alcohol withdrawn or drug induced psychotic episodes
Impulsive behaviour problems with pathological violence in personality disorders
Anyone with anything from first time admittance, evaluation, diagnosis, use of restraints and heavy sedation, ECT treatment, medication and treatment plans including out patient facility, stabilization and recovery, right up to making a prognosis to transfer patient for long term hospitalization if illness is chronic or has frequent reoccurring episodes that are non responsive or patient is non-compliant.
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