To Prescribe or Not to Prescribe: A Quality Improvement Project in Improving Resident Doctors’ Confidence in Managing Acute Behavioural Disturbance

Aims: The management of acute behavioural disturbances necessitates an appreciation for the potential methods, risks, and monitoring requirements needed following assessment and initiation of management. A previous quality improvement project highlighted variability in clinicians initiating rapid tr...

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Main Authors: Zuhair Ahmad, Rooble Ali, Deenan Edward
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-06-01
Series:BJPsych Open
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425103293/type/journal_article
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title To Prescribe or Not to Prescribe: A Quality Improvement Project in Improving Resident Doctors’ Confidence in Managing Acute Behavioural Disturbance
title_full To Prescribe or Not to Prescribe: A Quality Improvement Project in Improving Resident Doctors’ Confidence in Managing Acute Behavioural Disturbance
title_fullStr To Prescribe or Not to Prescribe: A Quality Improvement Project in Improving Resident Doctors’ Confidence in Managing Acute Behavioural Disturbance
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title_short To Prescribe or Not to Prescribe: A Quality Improvement Project in Improving Resident Doctors’ Confidence in Managing Acute Behavioural Disturbance
title_sort to prescribe or not to prescribe a quality improvement project in improving resident doctors confidence in managing acute behavioural disturbance
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