It's almost frightening how I've shifted from "admit all" mentality to "how can we safely discharge"

As a baby intern, I would leap at any excuse to (voluntarily) admit someone to the inpatient psychiatry unit. For good or ill, we are given huge autonomy, so 100% of the times I advocated for admitting someone, they were admitted, even though in retrospect some of those patients could have been treated as outpatients. Now, as a still baby PGY-2, I have taken the "least restrictive environment" mantra to heart. I'm not sure if that's a good thing, but there have been times where I had some... It's almost frightening how I've shifted from "admit all" mentality to "how can we safely discharge"
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