Foote Andrew, Ostermeyer Britta
Variety Care, 1025 Straka Terrace, Oklahoma City, OK 73139, USA.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma, 920 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2017 Sep;40(3):555-564. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2017.05.004. Epub 2017 Jun 15.
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.
精神科医生和临床医生在急诊科治疗监狱囚犯时会遇到独特的情况、挑战和要求。本文回顾了与住院患者医疗和精神护理相关的历史法律要点，以及使临床医生能够评估、治疗并妥善处置其囚犯患者的专业、伦理和法律方面。特别是，本文讨论了与囚犯和惩教设施相关的特定自杀风险因素，在对这一特殊的高自杀风险患者群体进行临床医生自杀风险评估和干预规划时，应确定并管理这些因素。
