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Behavioral Characterization of Pentylenetetrazole-induced Seizures: Moving Beyond the Racine Scale
Published on: July 8, 2025
[Management of violent behaviour and rapid tranquillisation during acute psychotic episode: discrepancy between
Antonio Lora1, Carla Morganti, Arcadio Erlicher
1Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, Azienda Ospedaliera di Vimercate, Vimercate, Milano. antoniolora@virgilio.it
Aims:
To evaluate the quality of acute psychiatric care concerning the management of violent behaviour and rapid tranquilization.
Methods:
Data concerning 13 indicators, drawn from NICE recommendations, were collected in 19 Departments of Mental Health, in the frame of the SIEP-DIRECT'S Project, to evaluate the implementation of NICE recommendations in Italian Mental Health Services.
Results:
In about two thirds of Departments of Mental Health (DMHs) professionals were trained in the management of violent behaviour, while written procedures existed only in one fourth of DMHs. About a half of the professionals working in Psychiatric Wards in General Hospital were trained in rapid tranquilization, while procedures on this topic are practically absent and specific care for monitoring intensively the heavily sedated patient was not frequent.
Conclusions:
Management of violent behaviour and rapid tranquilization are two critical areas in the care performed by Psychiatric Wards in General Hospital. Training on these topics is more frequent than implementation of procedures. NICE recommendations and SIEP indicators are useful tools for improving the quality of acute psychiatric care.
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