J Psychosoc Nurs Men
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J Psychosoc Nurs Men · Nov 2011
The crisis intervention team: a revolutionary tool for law enforcement: the psychiatric-mental health nursing perspective.
Effective management of people who are in mental health crisis in the community has gained national concern from the standpoint of law enforcement. This article addresses a revolutionary concept known as the Crisis Intervention Team, which teaches law enforcement personnel how to safely approach and de-escalate people who are experiencing a mental health crisis and get them safely to treatment.
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J Psychosoc Nurs Men · Nov 2011
A critical evaluation of the cardiac toxicity of citalopram: part 1.
In August 2011, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration issued a safety announcement that the antidepressant drug citalopram (Celexa(®)) should not be used at dosages greater than 40 mg per day (or greater than 20 mg per day for patients 60 and older) because it can cause abnormal changes in the electrical activity of the heart. ⋯ Nearly 600 cases of citalopram overdoses have been described. Although citalopram overdose is not entirely "cardiac safe," only a proportion of patients develop QTc prolongation without serious cardiac sequelae and no deaths. Three studies comparing citalopram overdoses to other antidepressant overdoses do not demonstrate clinically meaningful differences in cardiotoxic effects.