Behavioral emergencies for the emergency physician [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This comprehensive, go-to volume features cutting edge discussion of the emergency department management of mental health patients.

Section 1. General considerations for psychiatric care in the emergency department -- Section 2. Evaluation of the psychiatric patient -- Section 3. Psychiatric illnesses -- Section 4. Treatment of the psychiatric patient -- Section 5. Special populations -- Section 6. Administration of psychiatric care.

Section 1. General considerations for psychiatric care in the emergency department -- 1. The magnitude of the problem of psychiatric illness presenting in the emergency department / Annette L. Beautrais -- 2. Delivery models of emergency psychiatric care / Scott L. Zeller -- Section 2. Evaluation of the psychiatric patient -- 3. The medical clearance process for psychiatric patients presenting acutely to the emergency department / Michael P. Wilson -- 4. Advanced interviewing techniques for psychiatric patients in the emergency department / Jon S. Berlin -- 5. Use of routine alcohol and drug testing for psychiatric patients in the emergency department / Erin Rapp -- 6. Drug intoxication in the emergency department / Margaret Cashman -- 7. Drug withdrawal syndromes in psychiatric patients in the emergency department / Richard D. Shih -- Section 3. Psychiatric illnesses -- 8. The patient with depression in the emergency department / Douglas A. Rund -- 9. Assessment of the suicidal patient in the emergency department / Clare Gray -- 10. The patient with somatoform disorders in the emergency department / Reginald I. Gaylord -- 11. The patient with anxiety disorders in the emergency department / Marcia A. Perry -- 12. The patient with post-traumatic stress disorder in the emergency department / Janet S. Richmond -- 13. The patient with psychosis in the emergency department / Travis Grace -- 14. Personality disorders in the acute setting / Dennis Beedle -- 15. The patient with factitious disorders or malingering in the emergency department / Rachel Lipson Glick -- 16. The patient with delirium and dementia in the emergency department / David C. Hsu -- 17. The patient with excited delirium in the emergency department / Gary M. Vilke -- 18. Medical illness in psychiatric patients in the emergency department / Barbara Nightengale -- 19. Acute care of eating disorders / Suzanne Dooley-Hash -- 20. Management of the emergency department patient with co-occurring substance abuse disorder / Alicia N. Sanders -- Section 4. Treatment of the psychiatric patient -- 21. Use of verbal de-escalation techniques in the emergency department / Janet S. Richmond -- 22. Use of agitation treatment in the emergency department / William R. Dubin -- 23. Management of aggressive and violent behavior in the emergency department / William R. Dubin -- 24. Restraint and seclusion techniques in the emergency department / Anita Hart -- 25. Use of psychiatric medications in the emergency department / Gerald Carroll -- 26. The patient with neuroleptic malignant syndrome in the emergency department / Jeffrey Sankoff -- 27. Treatment of psychiatric illness in the emergency department / Kimberly Nordstrom -- 28. Rapidly acting treatment in the emergency department / Laurie Byrne -- Section 5. Special populations -- 29. Pediatric psychiatric disorders in the emergency department / Jagoda Pasic -- 30. Geriatric psychiatric emergencies / James Ahn -- 31. Disaster and terrorism emergency psychiatry / Michael S. Pulia -- 32. Trauma and loss in the emergency setting / Janet S. Richmond -- 33. Management of homeless and disadvantaged persons in the emergency department / Valerie Carroll -- 34. Management of neurobehavioral sequelae of traumatic brain injury in the emergency department / Silvana Riggio -- 35. Management of psychiatric illness in pregnancy in the emergency department / Eric L. Anderson -- 36. Cultural concerns and issues in emergency psychiatry / Suzie Bruch -- 37. Rural emergency psychiatry / Jonathan Busko -- Section 6. Administration of psychiatric care -- 38. Coordination of emergency department psychiatric care with psychiatry / Seth Powsner -- 39. Integration with community resources / Jennifer Peltzer-Jones -- 40. The role of telepsychiatry / Robert N. Cuyler -- 41. Emergency medical services psychiatric issues / Eddie Markul -- 42. Triage of psychiatric patients in the emergency department / Divy Ravindranath -- 43. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) and psychiatric patients in the emergency department / Derek J. Robinson -- 44. Assessing capacity, involuntary assessment, and leaving against medical advice / Susan Stefan -- 45. Best practices for the evaluation and treatment of patients with mental and substance use illness in the emergency department / MaryLynn McGuire Clarke -- 46. Improving emergency department process and flow / Larry Phillips -- 47. Physical plant for emergency psychiatric care / Joseph R. Check -- 48. Legal issues in the care of psychiatric patients / Susan Stefan -- 49. Law enforcement and emergency psychiatry / Daryl Knox -- 50. Research in emergency psychiatry / Preeti Dalawari -- 51. Administration / Lara G. Chepenik.

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