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Case Study Presentations

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Susan Vaught

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On August 6th, employees from several hospital disciplines were invited to the 2024 Case Study Presentations from our interns. At the beginning of internship year, each intern is assigned a patient whom has been identified as a challenge for our … Continue reading →

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Article Summary: Operationalzing the Assessment and Management of Violence (Doyle & Logan, 2012)

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Susan Vaught

    In their article, Doyle and Logan (2012) suggest a system, Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START), for assessing violence risk that addresses shortcomings of current methods. Studies have estimated between one in 10 and one in three … Continue reading →

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Article Review: Do Patients Improve After Short Psychiatric Admission? A Cohort Study in Italy

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Susan Vaught

Does short inpatient care make a significant difference? Mental Health care professionals and treatment team staff here at Western State Hospital (WSH) ponder this question daily. Patients at WSH are admitted every day due to major psychopathology yet are discharged … Continue reading →

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