Are pre-existing psychiatric disorders the only reason for involuntary holds in the emergency department?

Table 3 Demographic and clinical variables of patients without history including psychiatric or substance use disorders

Age (years)	Race	Sex	Marital status	Medical insurance	Medical problem	Reason for involuntary hold	Involuntary hold placed in ED?
80	White	Male	Married	Medicare	Brain tumor	Suicidal	Yes
91	White	Male	Married	Medicare	Back pain, OD	Suicidal	No
49	Black	Female	Married	Medicaid	History of brain aneurysm surgery, seizures	Suicidal	Yes
38	Black	Female	Married	Medicaid	Self-inflicted wound	Self-harm	No
67	White	Female	Married	Commercial	Back pain	Suicidal	No
59	Asian	Female	Married	Commercial	ESRD, sepsis	Suicidal	No
56	White	Male	Divorced	Medicare	Flank pain, renal cell carcinoma history of nephrectomy	Suicidal	Yes
50	White	Male	Married	Commercial	Altered mental status	Transient psychosis	No
20	White	Female	Single	Commercial	Fibromyalgia	Suicidal	Yes
55	White	Male	Married	Commercial	OD after court sentence	Suicidal	No
71	White	Male	Married	Medicare	Neuropathic pain, benzodiazepines, and opiates in urine	Transient psychosis, suicidal	Yes
40	Hispanic	Female	Married	Commercial	Abdominal pain, chronic menorrhagia, thyroid problems	Paranoia, auditory hallucinations	Yes
48	White	Female	Single	Self-pay	Severe asthma, OD on gabapentin	Suicidal	No

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