BookMary Jo Fitz-Gerald, Junji Takeshita, editors.
Summary: This book describes a spectrum of possible solutions to providing comprehensive emergency psychiatric care. It discusses in detail all components of emergency psychiatric care, such as triage, security, management of suicide risk, violent patients, interdisciplinary treatment teams, administration, and telepsychiatry. It has been written by and is of interest to psychiatrists, emergency medicine physicians, nurses, social workers, administrators, the police and security staff.
Contents:
Intro
Introduction: Models of Psychiatric Emergency Services That Work
Contents
Part I: Models of Emergency Psychiatry Care
1: Models of Emergency Psychiatric Care
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Hospital-Based PES
1.3 Regional Dedicated Emergency Psychiatric Facility
1.4 Community-Based PES
1.5 Systems Integration and Crisis Prevention
1.6 Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program
1.7 Summary
References
2: Business as Usual: Emergency Rooms with No Psychiatric Coverage at All
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Limitations and Capabilities of This System 2.3 Personnel and Staffing Needed
2.4 Patient and Staff Safety Concerns
2.5 Collaboration Needed
2.6 Expertise Needed
2.7 Resources Needed
2.8 Consideration of Coordination of Care
2.9 Interaction with Probate Courts and Criminal Justice System
2.10 Security Needed
2.11 Special Considerations
2.12 Summary
References
3: Psychiatric Consultation to the Emergency Department and Co-Management Model
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Liabilities and Capabilities of the System
3.3 Limitations of the System
3.4 Personnel and Staffing Needed 3.5 Patient and Staff Safety Concerns
3.6 Collaboration Needed
3.7 Expertise Needed
3.8 Considerations of Coordination of Care
3.9 Interactions with Probate Courts and the Criminal Justice System
3.10 Security Needed
3.11 Special Considerations
3.12 Summary
References
4: Adjacent Psychiatric Emergency Services to the Main Emergency Room
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Liabilities and Capabilities of the System
4.3 Limitations of the System
4.4 Personnel and Staffing Needed
4.5 Patient and Staff Safety Concerns
4.6 Collaboration Needed 4.7 Expertise Needed
4.8 Resources Needed
4.9 Considerations of Coordination of Care
4.10 Interactions with Probate Courts and Criminal Justice System
4.11 Security Needed
4.12 Summary
References
5: Crisis Stabilization Services
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Liabilities and Capabilities of This System
5.3 Limitations of This System
5.4 Personnel and Staffing Needed
5.5 Patient and Staff Safety Concerns
5.6 Collaboration Needed
5.7 Expertise Needed
5.8 Resources Needed
5.9 Considerations of Coordination of Care 5.10 Interactions with Probate Courts and Criminal Justice System
5.11 Security Needed
5.12 Summary
References
6: Crisis Intervention Team
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Liabilities and Capabilities of the System
6.3 Limitations of the System
6.4 Personnel, Staffing, and Expertise Needed
6.5 Patient and Staff Safety Concerns
6.6 Collaboration and Resources Needed
6.7 Considerations of Coordination of Care
6.8 Interactions with Probate Courts and the Criminal Justice System
6.9 Special Considerations
6.10 Summary
References