

Code White: Inside Psychiatric Crisis Centers

This immersive report takes us inside psychiatric emergency rooms grappling with acute psychological distress. Around the clock, nurses and doctors tend to patients battling all-consuming mental illness - people in crisis jeopardizing their own lives or others', as well as those who never imagined they'd end up in psychiatric care. As the last refuge for extreme suffering, psychiatric institutions constantly walk a tightrope to ensure safety, provide protection and treatment, yet sometimes employ restraints to handle the violence they encounter. How can they safeguard patients while still upholding rights and freedoms? A look behind the scenes to reveal the ethical minefields staff must navigate to ease tormented minds without undue force.
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