Emergency Psychiatry

GENERAL PRINCIPLES:: The History of Emergency Psychiatry,Gail M. Barton/ Structure & Function of Psychiatric Emergency Services,Avrim Fishkind & Jon S. Berlin/ Triage of Psychiatric Emergencies,Laurie E. Reinhardt/ Safety in the Psychiatric Emergency Service,Nancy Byatt & Rachel Glick/ Medical Evaluation of Behavioral Emergencies,Lawrence H. Cresswell, III, Dustin M. Riccio & John B. McCabe/ Principles of Emergency Psychopharmacology,Darin D. Signorelli, Ikechi Nnawuchi & Scott Zeller/ Engaging the Crisis Patient Around Medication,Ronald J. Diamond/ Peer & Consumer Involvement in the Psychiatric Emergency Service,Lisa Halpern & Ken Duckworth/ Advanced Interviewing Techniques in Emergencies,Ron Rosenberg/ Interviewing for Acuity & the Acute Precipitant,Jon S. Berlin & Jon Gudeman/ The Family in Psychiatric Emergencies,Alison Heru & Lee Combrinck-Graham

COMMON PRESENTING PROBLEMS:: Agitation I:: Overview of Agitation & Violence,Scott Zeller & Suzanne M. Bruch/ Agitation II:: De-escalation of the Aggressive Patient & Avoiding Coercion,Avrim Fishkind/ Agitation III:: Pharmacologic Treatment of Agitation,Leslie Citrome/ Suicide & Homicide,Ian C. Dawe/ Psychosis,Scott Zeller & Joshua Niclas/ Depression,Carla D. Edwards & Rachel Glick/ Mania & Mixed States,Alan C. Swann/ Anxiety,Jagoda Pasic & Paul Zarkowski/ Delirium,Barry Simon, Douglas Hughes & Zach Smith/ Dementia,Marc E. Agronin/ Substance Abuse,Terry Rustin/ Loss & Trauma,Janet Richmond/ Personality Disorders,JoAnn Heap & Kenneth R. Silk/ Factitious Disorders & Malingering,Lucy A. Epstein & Theodore A. Stern/ Somatoform Disorders,Lucy A. Epstein & Theodore A. Stern

SPECIAL TOPICS:: The Psychiatric Emergency Assessment of Children & Adolescents,Karen K. Milner/ The Psychiatric Emergency Assessment of the Geriatric Patient,Joseph S. Goveas & Harold Harsch/ Psychiatric Emergencies During Pregnancy & Postpartum & Review of Gender Issues in Psychiatric Emergency Medicine,Erin Henshaw & Sheila Marcus/ The Psychiatric Emergency Assessment of the Patient with Developmental Disability,Mark Hauser/ Emergency Psychiatric Services for People Who Are Homeless:: Intervention, Linkage & Recovery,Hunter L. McQuistion, Carlos Almeida & Ilana Nossel/ Legal Issues in Emergency Psychiatry,Charles E. Saldanha/ The Crisis Intervention Team Model:: An Intersection Point for the Criminal Justice System & the Psychiatric Emergency Service,Randolph T. Dupont/ Crisis Residential Settings,Richard M. Patel/ Mobile Crisis Settings,David C. Lindy, Leila B. Laitman & Patrick J. Moynihan/ Psychiatric Emergencies in Other Medical Settings,Divy Ravindranath, Michelle Riba & Rachel Glick/ The Crisis Phone Call,John Kalafat/ Cultural Issues in Emergency Psychiatry,Charles E. Saldanha

PUBLIC POLICY, TEACHING & THE FUTURE:: Disaster Psychiatry & Psychiatric Emergency Services,Anthony T. Ng/ Violence Prevention & Control:: A Public Health Approach,Stephen W. Hargarten & Ann Christiansen/ Policy Issues Relating to the Treatment of People with Psychiatric Disabilities in Emergency Department Settings,Susan Stefan/ Education & Training in the Psychiatric Emergency Service,Jennifer S. Brasch/ Administration of Psychiatric Emergency Services,Avrim Fishkind, Scott Zeller & Mende Snodgress/ Research & Quality Improvement Activities in the Psychiatric Emergency Service,Ian C. Dawe/ The Future of Emergency Psychiatry,Rachel Glick, Jon Berlin, Avrim Fishkind & Scott Zeller/DIV>