@article{ref1,
title="Audit of documentation of forensic history on admission form in a psychiatric intensive care unit",
journal="Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons -- Pakistan : JCPSP",
year="2021",
author="Zubair, Usama Bin and Brown, Roy",
volume="30",
number="6",
pages="707-709",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To study the documentation of relevant components of forensic history on admission form for male patients admitted in psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU)/OAK ward of Phoenix Care Center. STUDY DESIGN: Clinical audit. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: Psychiatric intensive care unit/OAK ward of Phoenix Care Center, from August 2019 to July 2020. <br><br>METHODOLOGY: Charts of all patients admitted in PICU from August 2019 to July 2020 were analysed, and admission forms were reviewed for documentation of relevant parameters of forensic history. A structured tool was made after literature search, which included drug and alcohol history, history of assaults, protection/barring orders, number of previous PICU admissions, previous charges, pending charges, use of depot medications and previous encounters with police without pending charges. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 50 patients were admitted during the given time period. Drug and alcohol history was documented in 98% of the cases, previous charges were documented in 88% of the cases, protection/baring order was documented in 62% of the cases, while previous encounter with the police without being charged was documented in only 32% of the cases. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Drugs and alcohol and previous charges were documented in most of the cases, but documentation of protection/baring order and encounter with the police without being charged was a neglected area, which should be worked upon in future. Key Words: Admission form, Forensic history, Medical audit.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1022-386X",
doi="10.29271/jcpsp.2021.06.707",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.29271/jcpsp.2021.06.707"
}