Emergency Psychiatry Principles and Practice

by Glick, Rachel Lipson; Berlin, Jon S.; Fishkind, Avrim; Zeller, Scott L.

• ISBN13: 9780781768733
• ISBN10: 078176873X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-29
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Written and edited by leading emergency psychiatrists, this is the first comprehensive text devoted to emergency psychiatry. The book blends the authors' clinical experience with evidence-based information, expert opinions, and American Psychiatric Association guidelines for emergency psychiatry. Case studies are used throughout to reinforce key clinical points. This text brings together relevant principles from many psychiatric subspecialties--community, consultation/liaison, psychotherapy, substance abuse, psychopharmacology, disaster, child, geriatric, administrative, forensic--as well as from emergency medicine, psychology, law, medical ethics, and public health policy. The emerging field of disaster psychiatry is also addressed. A companion Website offers instant access to the fully searchable text. (www.glickemergencypsychiatry.com)

Table of Contents

General Principles

The History of Emergency Psychiatry

Structure & Function of Psychiatric Emergency Services

Triage of Psychiatric Emergencies

Safety in the Psychiatric Emergency Service

Medical Evaluation of Behavioral Emergencies

Principles of Emergency Psychopharmacology

Engaging the Crisis Patient Around Medication

Peer & Consumer Involvement in the Psychiatric Emergency Service

Advanced Interviewing Techniques in Emergencies

Interviewing for Acuity & the Acute Precipitant

The Family in Psychiatric Emergencies

Common Presenting Problems

Agitation I: Overview of Agitation & Violence

Agitation II: De-escalation of the Aggressive Patient & Avoiding Coercion

Agitation III: Pharmacologic Treatment of Agitation

Suicide & Homicide

Psychosis

Depression

Mania & Mixed States

Anxiety

Delirium

Dementia

Substance Abuse

Loss & Trauma

Personality Disorders

Factitious Disorders & Malingering

Somatoform Disorders

Special Topics

The Psychiatric Emergency Assessment of Children & Adolescents

The Psychiatric Emergency Assessment of the Geriatric Patient

Psychiatric Emergencies During Pregnancy & Postpartum & Review of Gender Issues in Psychiatric Emergency Medicine

The Psychiatric Emergency Assessment of the Patient with Developmental Disability

Emergency Psychiatric Services for People Who Are Homeless: Intervention, Linkage & Recovery

Legal Issues in Emergency Psychiatry

The Crisis Intervention Team Model: An Intersection Point for the Criminal Justice System & the Psychiatric Emergency Service

Crisis Residential Settings

Mobile Crisis Settings

Psychiatric Emergencies in Other Medical Settings

The Crisis Phone Call

Cultural Issues in Emergency Psychiatry

Public Policy, Teaching & The Future: Disaster Psychiatry & Psychiatric Emergency Services

Violence Prevention & Control: A Public Health Approach

Policy Issues Relating to the Treatment of People with Psychiatric Disabilities in Emergency Department Settings

Education & Training in the Psychiatric Emergency Service

Administration of Psychiatric Emergency Services

Research & Quality Improvement Activities in the Psychiatric Emergency Service

The Future of Emergency Psychiatry

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