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Ipv: Why Don’T We Screen For Those Committing Acts Of Violence?, Hannah K. Cook
Ipv: Why Don’T We Screen For Those Committing Acts Of Violence?, Hannah K. Cook
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
State of the evidence for screening for IPV in men or those who are committing acts of violence.
Improving The Therapeutic Environment In The Crisis Stabilization Unit At Glens Falls Hospital, Emma Hall
Improving The Therapeutic Environment In The Crisis Stabilization Unit At Glens Falls Hospital, Emma Hall
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
The Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) at Glens Falls Hospital provides a separate, safe space within the Emergency Department for adults and children struggling with mental health crises to stabilize before discharge or admission to an inpatient psychiatric unit. An increase in mental health crises over the past 10+ years plus a shortage of nearby inpatient beds, especially for adolescents and children, has led to longer stays in the CSU. Longer stays in a place not built for therapeutic intervention but rather for crisis stabilization may lead to increased agitation, prolonged stays or prolonged time to stabilize a patient, and potentially …
Intimate Partner Violence: Updated Screening Tool And Approach To Screen Positive Patients, Michael J. Hall
Intimate Partner Violence: Updated Screening Tool And Approach To Screen Positive Patients, Michael J. Hall
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Intimate partner violence screening is recommended in all women of child-bearing age. Ensuring validated screening tool utilization and employing strategies to identify risk while providing non-judgmental support is critical to identifying patients and optimizing appropriate resource referral.