Behavioral Emergencies for Healthcare Providers

Leslie S. Zun, MD Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science North Chicago, IL 60064 Michael P. Wilson UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute Little Rock, AR 72205 Kimberly Nordstrom, MD University of Colorado School of Medicine Psychiatry Aurora, CO 80045

The Magnitude of the Problem of Psychiatric Illness.- The Medical Screening Process for Psychiatric Patients Presenting Acutely to the Emergency Departments.- The Modern Emergency Psychiatry Interview.- General Management of the Poisoned Patient.- Drug Intoxication in the Emergency Department.- Co-occurring Substance Use Disorder in the Emergency Department.- Depression in the Emergency Department.- Discharge of the Emergency Patient with Risk Factors for Suicide: Psychiatric and Legal Perspectives.- Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders in the Emergency Department.- The Patient with Anxiety Disorders in the Emergency Department.- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Emergency Department.- Psychosis in the Emergency Department.- Personality Disorders in the Emergency Department.- Malingering and Factitious Disorder in the Emergency Department.- The Patient with Delirium and Dementia .- Excited Delirium Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment.- Medical Illness in Psychiatric Disease.- Medical Mimics of Psychiatric Illnesses.- Acute Care of Eating Disorders.- When to Admit the Psychiatric Patient.- Verbal De-escalation in the Emergency Department.- Peer Mentors in the Emergency Department.- Agitation in the Emergency Department.- Restraint and Seclusion in the Emergency Department.- Boarding of Psychiatric Patients in the ED.- Rapidly Acting Treatment in the ED for Psychiatric Patients.- Pre-hospital Behavorial Emergencies.- Mental Health Issues in Adolescents.- Mental Health Issues after Sexual Assault.- Mental Health Issues in Veterans.- Mental Health Issues in Children.- Mental Health Issues in Geriatrics.- Disaster and Terrorism in Emergency Psychiatry.- Mental Health Issues in the Homeless.- Behavioral and Neurocognitive Sequelae of Concussion in the Emergency Department.- Mental Health in Pregnancy.- Cultural Concerns and Issues in Emergency Psychiatry.- Emergency Psychiatry in Rural Versus Urban Settings.- Coordination of Care with Psychiatry.- Integration with Community Resources.- The Role of Telepsychiatry.- Triage of Psychiatric Patients in the Emergency Department.- Informed Decision-Making in the Emergency Department.- Risk Management in the Emergency Department: Liabilities, Duties, and EMTALA.- Delivery Models of Emergency Psychiatric Care.- The Gun Talk: How to Have Effective Conversations with Patients and Families about Firearm Injury Prevention.- Disposition Decisions for Psychiatric Patients Presenting to the Emergency Setting.