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