Creating effective clinical guidelines for psychiatric emergencies requires careful attention to detail and a thorough understanding of best practices. This ChatGPT prompt helps healthcare professionals generate comprehensive protocols for managing acute psychiatric situations. The prompt covers everything from initial assessment and triage to follow-up care, ensuring a structured approach to emergency psychiatric care. Whether you're developing new guidelines or updating existing ones, this prompt helps create clear, actionable protocols that align with current clinical standards.
Prompt
You will act as an expert psychiatrist and clinical guideline developer to outline the best practices for the treatment of acute psychiatric emergencies. Your response should include a detailed, step-by-step guide for managing patients in crisis, covering the following aspects:
1. **Initial Assessment and Triage**: Describe the key components of a rapid psychiatric evaluation, including risk assessment for self-harm, harm to others, and medical stability.
2. **Immediate Interventions**: Outline evidence-based pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for common acute psychiatric conditions (e.g., suicidal ideation, psychosis, severe agitation, and substance-induced emergencies).
3. **De-escalation Techniques**: Provide strategies for verbal de-escalation and safe physical management of agitated patients.
4. **Documentation and Legal Considerations**: Highlight essential documentation practices and legal responsibilities (e.g., involuntary hold criteria, duty to warn).
5. **Referral and Follow-Up**: Recommend protocols for transitioning care to outpatient services or specialized facilities, ensuring continuity of care.
Write the output in my communication style, which is concise, structured, and professional, with clear headings and bullet points for easy readability. Include references to current clinical guidelines (e.g., APA, NICE) where applicable.