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I also wanna jump in and say I wouldn't say psychotic patients are necessarily more dangerous. Some obviously are, but the majority I have dealt with (I've been working there 6 years almost) are what l like to call "pleasantly psychotic' There definitely psychotic and delusional but honestly I've been attacked far more by people with borderline personality than psychosis haha

Personally all police officers should have more verbal de-escalation trainings, it would come in handy with any person they are dealing with but ecspecially people with psych illnesses or who are intoxicated.

I was had a four year old brought by police in zip ties around his wrist , so more training all around could be very beneficial

I also work as a mental health technician at a psych facility so it's interesting to get views from someone from a different facility. So sorry to hijack your ama but I wanted to share my answer to this question.

I'm not afraid of getting sectioned to a psych facility but it was made me much more aware of how I'm (or any body really) is one bad set of circumstances of needing an inpatient stay. We see so many people who seemingly had it all together and then a death, divorce, job loss, injury, or anything can trigger something that could potentially lead them to needing inpatient care.

I'm often complimented by patients by being empathetic and not acting like I'm better than them, and that's what I tell them. 'I realize tommorow I could be dealt a shitty hand and need to be here myself"

Well we have a children's unit, so we do get 4 year olds every so often. Normally they transport kids by ambulance, but this kid was at a grocery store, threw some glass bottles at random people and said he wanted to make them bleed. The report i got was he was willing to go with the police, got aggressive when they wouldn't let him bring his stuffed Batman in the cruiser, so the cops zip tied him