Big Book of Emergency Department Psychiatry: A Guide to Patient Centered Operational Improvement

Description

This book focuses on the operational and clinical strategies needed to improve care of Emergency Psychiatric patients. Boarding of psychiatric patients in ED’s is recognized as a national crisis. The American College of Emergency Physicians identified strategies to decrease boarding of psychiatric patients as one of their top strategic goals. Currently, there are books on clinical care of psychiatric patients, but this is the first book that looks at both the clinical and operational aspects of caring for these patients in ED setting. This book discusses Lean methodology, the impact of long stay patients using queuing methodology, clinical guidelines and active treatment of psychiatric patients in the ED. Content: Chapter 1: Introduction to Emergency PsychiatryChapter 2: Introduction to Lean MethodologyChapter 3: Queuing Theory and the Impact of the Long Stay PatientChapter 4: Change Management and Cultural BarriersChapter 5: Metrics for ImprovementChapter 6: Common Psychiatric Disorders in Emergency Department SettingsChapter 7: Children and Adolescents with Psychiatric EmergenciesChapter 8: Medical Problems Presenting as Psychiatric ComplaintsChapter 9: The Diagnosis and Management of Substance Use Disorders in Emergency PsychiatryChapter 10: Active Treatment Options used in Psychiatric EmergenciesChapter 11: The Myths of Medical ClearanceChapter 12: Treatment Teams and Operational Principles in the Emergency DepartmentChapter 13: Emergency Psychiatry from an ED Physician PerspectiveChapter 14: Emergency Psychiatry from an ED Nurse PerspectiveChapter 15: Emergency Psychiatry from a Psychiatrist perspectiveChapter 16: Emergency Psychiatry from an ED Social Worker PerspectiveChapter 17: Emergency Treatment of Agitation in Delirious and Demented PatientsChapter 18: Risk AssessmentChapter 19: Discharge PlanningChapter 20: Innovations in Treatment of Psychiatric Emergencies in a Hospital SettingChapter 21: Correctional Emergency PsychiatryChapter 22: Ethical Implications for the Psychiatrist in the ED