Chapter "Depression in the Emergency Department" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

This fully updated second edition focuses on mental illness, both globally and in terms of specific mental-health-related visits encountered in emergency department settings, and provides practical input from physicians experienced with adult emergency psychiatric patients. It covers the pre-hospital setting and advising on evidence-based practice; from collaborating with psychiatric colleagues to establishing a psychiatric service in your emergency department. Potential dilemmas when treating pregnant, geriatric or homeless patients with mental illness are discussed in detail, along with the more challenging behavioral diagnoses such as substance abuse, factitious and personality disorders, delirium, dementia, and PTSD. 

The new edition of Behavioral Emergencies for Healthcare Providers will be an invaluable resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric and emergency department nurses, trainee and experienced emergency physicians, and other mental health workers.

 

 

The Magnitude of the Problem of Psychiatric Illness

The Medical Screening Process for Psychiatric Patients Presenting Acutely to the Emergency Departments
The Modern Emergency Psychiatry Interview
General Management of the Poisoned Patient
Drug Intoxication in the Emergency Department
Co-occurring Substance Use Disorder in the Emergency Department
Depression in the Emergency Department
Discharge of the Emergency Patient with Risk Factors for Suicide: Psychiatric and Legal Perspectives
Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders in the Emergency Department
The Patient with Anxiety Disorders in the Emergency Department
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Emergency Department
Psychosis in the Emergency Department
Personality Disorders in the Emergency Department
Malingering and Factitious Disorder in the Emergency Department
The Patient with Delirium and Dementia
Excited Delirium Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment
Medical Illness in Psychiatric Disease
Medical Mimics of Psychiatric Illnesses
Acute Care of Eating Disorders
When to Admit the Psychiatric Patient
Verbal De-escalation in the Emergency Department
Peer Mentors in the Emergency Department
Agitation in the Emergency Department
Restraint and Seclusion in the Emergency Department
Boarding of Psychiatric Patients in the ED
Rapidly Acting Treatment in the ED for Psychiatric Patients
Pre-hospital Behavorial Emergencies
Mental Health Issues in Adolescents
Mental Health Issues after Sexual Assault
Mental Health Issues in Veterans
Mental Health Issues in Children
Mental Health Issues in Geriatrics
Disaster and Terrorism in Emergency Psychiatry
Mental Health Issues in the Homeless
Behavioral and Neurocognitive Sequelae of Concussion in the Emergency Department
Mental Health in Pregnancy
Cultural Concerns and Issues in Emergency Psychiatry
Emergency Psychiatry in Rural Versus Urban Settings
Coordination of Care with Psychiatry
Integration with Community Resources
The Role of Telepsychiatry
Triage of Psychiatric Patients in the Emergency Department
Informed Decision-Making in the Emergency Department
Risk Management in the Emergency Department: Liabilities, Duties, and EMTALA
Delivery Models of Emergency Psychiatric Care
The Gun Talk: How to Have Effective Conversations with Patients and Families about Firearm Injury Prevention
Disposition Decisions for Psychiatric Patients Presenting to the Emergency Setting.