Psychiatric Services From Pages To Practice

Nathaniel P. Morris, M.D., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss an evidence-based approach to involuntary psychiatric hospitalization.  Dr. Morris is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. How did you get interested in this topic? [00:51] What is involuntary psychiatric hospitalization? [02:28] How does it vary by state and nationally? [04:46] What don't we know about the evidence behind involuntary psychiatric hospitalization? [05:46] What are the challenges of investigating involuntary hospitalization? [07:32] What is meant by “involuntary” [09:49] Lack of evidence [11:55] How do you approach studying this subject? [14:12] Alternatives to involuntary hospitalization [17:33] Who gets hospitalized? [19:27] Open Forum [21:30] What does public tracking mean? [22:50] How can we manage this if we don't even know anything about the practice across this country? [23:58] Transcript Subscribe to the podcast