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The goal of this paper was to report on the characteristics of admissions to a recently established PECC. <\/jats:p><jats:p> Method: Several key characteristics of admissions to the PECC were documented for each of 376 patients in the first 6 months of its operation. These characteristics were then compared to the characteristics of admissions of 299 patients in the \u2018virtual\u2019 PECC (a PECC within the general emergency department) in the 6 months prior to the opening of the PECC. <\/jats:p><jats:p> Results: The most common presenting symptom in the PECC was suicidal ideation (47.6%, n = 179) and the most frequent diagnosis made in the PECC was adjustment disorder (35.9%, n = 135). When comparing admissions to the \u2018virtual\u2019 PECC, PECC admissions were characterized by a significantly less frequent use of physical restraint and haloperidol and midazolam as pro re nata (prn) medications. <\/jats:p><jats:p> Conclusions: Although further study is needed, one possible advantage of the PECC may be a less frequent use of physical restraint and certain prn medications (i.e. haloperidol and midazolam) for agitated and aggressive patients. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3109\/10398562.2010.498051","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,7,21]],"date-time":"2010-07-21T11:34:33Z","timestamp":1279712073000},"page":"326-329","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Characteristics of Admissions to a Recently Opened Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Vlasios","family":"Brakoulias","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School \u2013 Nepean, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rama","family":"Mandali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Panorama Clinic, Bathurst Base Hospital, Bathurst, NSW, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joanne","family":"Seymour","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, NSW, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Sammut","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Discipline of Psychiatry Sydney Medical School \u2013 Nepean, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vladan","family":"Starcevic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Associate Professor, Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School \u2013 Nepean, University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2010,8,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-10398562.2010.498051","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/j.1440-1665.2005.02200.x"},{"key":"bibr2-10398562.2010.498051","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/j.1440-1614.2005.01516.x"},{"key":"bibr3-10398562.2010.498051","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/j.1440-1614.2005.01512.x"},{"key":"bibr4-10398562.2010.498051","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1176\/appi.ps.54.12.1590"},{"key":"bibr5-10398562.2010.498051","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00127-004-0708-x"},{"key":"bibr6-10398562.2010.498051","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1176\/ps.2007.58.3.335"},{"key":"bibr7-10398562.2010.498051","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/(SICI)1097-4679(199712)53:8<817::AID-JCLP5>3.0.CO;2-C"},{"key":"bibr8-10398562.2010.498051","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1176\/appi.books.9780890423349"},{"key":"bibr9-10398562.2010.498051","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.genhosppsych.2003.08.002"}],"container-title":["Australasian Psychiatry"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.3109\/10398562.2010.498051","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.3109\/10398562.2010.498051","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.3109\/10398562.2010.498051","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,11]],"date-time":"2025-03-11T04:23:30Z","timestamp":1741667010000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.3109\/10398562.2010.498051"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2010,8]]},"references-count":9,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2010,8]]}},"alternative-id":["10.3109\/10398562.2010.498051"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3109\/10398562.2010.498051","relation":{},"ISSN":["1039-8562","1440-1665"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1039-8562","type":"print"},{"value":"1440-1665","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2010,8]]}}}