Maryland laws for involuntary psychiatric holds

Assignment Help Science

Reference no: EM133833282

Question

- Explain state of Maryland laws for involuntary psychiatric holds for child and adult psychiatric emergencies. Include who can hold a patient and for how long, who can release the emergency hold, and who can pick up the patient after a hold is released.

- Explain the differences among emergency hospitalization for evaluation/psychiatric hold, inpatient commitment, and outpatient commitment in the state of Maryland

- Explain the difference between capacity and competency in mental health contexts.

- Select one of the following topics, and explain one legal issue and one ethical issue related to this topic that may apply within the context of treating psychiatric emergencies: patient autonomy, EMTALA, confidentiality, HIPAA privacy rule, HIPAA security rule, protected information, legal gun ownership, career obstacles (security clearances/background checks), and payer source.

- Identify one evidence-based suicide risk assessment that you could use to screen patients.

- Identify one evidence-based violence risk assessment that you could use to screen patients.

Reference no: EM133833282

Questions Cloud

Identify dependent and explanatory variables : Identify dependent (response) and explanatory (independent) variables. You may have more independent variables than you need at this stage.

Potentially hazardous situation : If you notice something in your laboratory that is a potentially hazardous situation, but is out of your control to fix, what should you do?

Common treatments of menopause and hormone therapy : Post a description and explanation of common symptoms, recommended diagnostic tests, and common treatments of Menopause and hormone therapy.

Develop annotated bibliography that you can use in study : You will research and select three peer-reviewed, scholarly sources to develop an annotated bibliography that you can use in your Doctoral Study.

Maryland laws for involuntary psychiatric holds : Explain state of Maryland laws for involuntary psychiatric holds for child and adult psychiatric emergencies.

Discuss reasons that private prisons are good options : Discuss reasons that private prisons are good options for correctional management and three issues that detractors list as problems with privatization

Describe companys production and service processes : List and describe company's production and service processes. Analyze production processes using volume-variety matrix (process strategy for physical goods).

Implemented to address ethical and financial challenges : What strategies can be implemented to address the ethical and financial challenges of providing equitable access to high-cost medications

Locate mass media article published within the last year : Locate a mass media article published within the last year (2024) that describes findings of an epidemiological study.

User Account

All Pages