Patient Safety in Psychiatry-2.3 Elopement

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This video discusses the risk factors, prevention methods, and patient safety approaches related to elopement from psychiatric hospitals. Patients at highest risk for elopement include males, younger individuals, those with no legal history, antisocial personality disorder, substance abuse, lack of therapeutic relationship, impulsivity, concern for others, history of elopement, and denial of hospitalization need. Institutional factors such as facility character, access to the outside, staff ratios, communication issues, and patient perceptions also contribute to elopement rates. To prevent elopement, a patient safety quality improvement approach is suggested, including assessing risk at admission, inter-team communication, individual risk profiles, visible alerts, and proper handoffs. It emphasizes observing high-risk patients, addressing language barriers, understanding patient motivations, and using checklists. These methods aim to decrease elopement and harm during elopement.

Keywords

risk factors

prevention methods

patient safety approaches

elopement from psychiatric hospitals

highest risk patients