Table 1 Guidelines and their recommendations for emergency management
Date | Source | Guideline | Pharmacological recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|
1999 | USA | Expert Consensus Guidelines Series [10] | Give conventional antipsychotics for patients who require IM medications |
1998 | UK | Royal College of Psychiatrists [22] | Use rapid acting antipsychotics oral, IM, IV or rapid acting benzodiazepines such as lorazepam |