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Are there subjective criteria that doctors use to evaluate whether a patient shall be put under m1 hold? or are all er patients on m1 hold by default?

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Dr. Dustin Colegrove answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

All patients that: visit the ER for psychiatric reasons are not all placed on M1 hold. The ER physician makes a decision regarding initiating involuntary holds.

Dr Cruser agreed

Answered 9/3/2014

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