Psychiatric Emergencies (What Do I Do Now Emergency Medicine?)

Part of the "What Do I Do Now?: Emergency Medicine" series, Psychiatric Emergencies uses a case-based approach to cover common and important topics in the examination, investigation, and management of psychiatric emergencies. Each chapter provides a discussion of the diagnosis, key points to remember, and selected references for further reading. The book addresses a wide range of topics including chemical sedation, suicide risk, personality disorders, malingering, cross-cultural issues, and more. Psychiatric Emergencies is an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases which clinicians can utilize when they encounter challenging situations and difficult psychiatric patients. The volume is also a self-assessment tool that tests the reader's ability to answer the question, "What do I do now?"

• Uses a case-based approach to cover common and important topics in the examination, investigation, and management of psychiatric emergencies
• Part of the "What Do I Do Now? Emergency Medicine" series which utilizes a case-based approach and a conversational tone
• Both an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases and a self-assessment tool

1 Clearly Suicidal and Not Talking
Ina Becker
2 We Need Labs and an EKG…
Chadd K. Kraus
3 Naked and Afraid
Tyler L. Scaff
4 Take a Chill Pill
Lydia M. Sahlani and Jillian L. McGrath
5 Compassionate Restraint in the ED
Clifford Freeman and Carmen Wolfe
6 The SAFE-T Wasn't On
Bruce J. Grattan
7 Risky Business
Jillian L McGrath and Lydia M Sahlani
8 Danger in the Mirror
Max Hensel and Carmen Wolfe
9 No License to Kill
Jay Brenner
10 Patient Is "Out of Control!"
Brian L. Springer
11 Two for the Price of One
Dana Sacco
12 "My Neighbors are Harassing Me"
Ryan E Lawrence
13 The Fatigued IT Worker
Gary Khammahavong and Mitchell Kosanovich
14 An Energetic College Student
Lauren J. Curato
15 A Different Type of ABCs
Emily Donner and Brent Rau
16 The Deadly D's of the Elderly
Jennifer Cullison
17 Spiraling Out of Control
Purva Grover
18 Things are Not Always What They Seem
Alexandra Reinbold and Nicole McCoin
19 Just Another Case of Gastro
Diane L. Gorgas
20 The Refeeding Dilemma
Diane L Gorgas
21 "Everything Hurts and I'm Weak, Doc"
Chadd K. Kraus
22 Helping the Homeless in the Emergency Department
Megan A. Panapa and Mara S. Aloi
23 Suicidal Ideation with Vague and Contradicting History
Melinda Nguyen and Mohamad Moussa
24 Down on the Farm
Lauren E. Valyo and Mara S. Aloi
25 You're Staying, Whether You Like It or Not
Chadd K. Kraus
26 Sick From Waiting
Chadd K. Kraus
27 Down With Disease Access to Mental Health Care
William A. Johnjulio and Moira Davenport
28 I Would Like to Phone a Friend
David Hoke and Bryan Balentine
29 Right Into the Danger Zone
Arthur R. Derse

Eileen F. Baker, Emergency Physician, Wood County Hospital

Eileen F. Baker, MD, PhD, FACEP was raised in Santa Rosa, California and received her Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from the University of California, Davis. She graduated from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at Summa Health System in Akron Ohio. She has worked as a community emergency physician since 2001, and moved to Bowling Green, Ohio, to pursue her PhD in Applied Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Baker has taught Medical Ethics at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences and works clinically in five emergency departments in northwest Ohio.

Contributors:

Mara S. Aloi, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

Bryan Balentine, MD
St Vincent's Health System
Birmingham, AL

Ina Becker, MD, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Columbia University
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY

Jay Brenner, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY-Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY

Lauren J. Curato, DO, FACEP
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY

Moira Davenport, MD
Associate Residency Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD
Professor of Bioethics and Emergency Medicine
Director, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Emily Donner, DO
PGY-2 - Emergency Medicine
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

Clifford Freeman, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Diane L. Gorgas, MD
Professor-Clinical
Vice Chair of Academic Affairs
Department of Emergency Medicine
Executive Director
Office of Global Health
The Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Columbus, Ohio

Bruce J. Grattan Jr. DO, MS, RD
PGY-1 Emergency Medicine
Mercy/St. Vincent Medical center
Toledo, OH

Purva Grover, MD, MBA, FACEP
Medical Director
Pediatric Emergency Department
Emergency Services Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Max Hensel, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

David Hoke, MD
Trident Health System
Charleston, SC

William A. Johnjulio, DO
Chief EM Resident Allegheny
General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

Gary Khammahavong, MD
PGY-2 Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

Mitchell Kosanovich, MD
Assistant Professor, Drexel University
Department of Emergency Medicine
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

Chadd K. Kraus, DO, DrPH, FACEP
System Director, Emergency Medicine Research
Associate Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
Department of Emergency Medicine
Geisinger
Danville, PA
Associate Professor of Medicine
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Scranton, PA

Ryan E Lawrence MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Director of the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY

Nicole McCoin, MD
Keith D Wrenn Residency Program Director and Vice Chair for Education
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Jillian L. McGrath, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH

Jillian L McGrath
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH

Melinda Nguyen, MS
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Toledo, OH

Mohamad Moussa, MD, FACEP
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Toledo, OH

Megan A. Panapa, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

Brent Rau, MD
Attending Physician
Emergency Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Alexandra Reinbold, MD
Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Dana Sacco, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY

Lydia M. Sahlani, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH

Tyler L. Scaff, MD
Resident Physician, Emergency Medicine
Mercy Health St Vincent
Toledo, OH

Brian L. Springer, MD, FACEP
Associate Professor
Director, Division of Tactical Emergency Medicine
Wright State University Department of Emergency Medicine
Dayton, OH

Lauren E. Valyo, DO
Department of Emergency Medicine
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

Carmen Wolfe, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

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