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Psychiatric and Behavioral Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, E-Book

Psychiatric and Behavioral Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, E-Book

Dick C. Kuo

(2016)

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Abstract

Guest editors Dr. David Kuo and Dr. Veronic Tucci have assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Psychiatric and Behavioral Emergencies. Articles include: The Emergency Physician's role in the Medical Clearance of the Psychiatric Patient, Stabilization and Management of the Acutely Agitated or Psychotic Patient, Stabilizing and Managing Patients with Altered Mental Status and Delirium, Depression and Suicidal Patients, The New Drugs of Abuse and Withdrawal Syndromes, Strategies for Managing Patients with Personality and Somatoform Disorders, Special Considerations in the Trauma Patient, and more!

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover Cover
Psychiatric and Behavioral Emergencies \r i
Copyright\r ii
Contributors iii
CONSULTING EDITOR iii
EDITORS iii
AUTHORS iii
Contents vii
Foreword: Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies\r vii
Preface: The Hidden Costs of Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies\r vii
Down the Rabbit Hole: Emergency Department Medical Clearance of Patients with Psychiatric or Behavioral Emergencies\r vii
Stabilization and Management of the Acutely Agitated or Psychotic Patient\r vii
Stabilizing and Managing Patients with Altered Mental Status and Delirium\r vii
Depression and the Suicidal Patient\r viii
New Drugs of Abuse and Withdrawal Syndromes\r viii
Shift, Interrupted: Strategies for Managing Difficult Patients Including Those with\rPersonality Disorders and Somatic Symptoms in the Emergency Department\r viii
Special Considerations in Pediatric Psychiatric Populations\r viii
Psychiatric Emergencies in the Elderly\r ix
Psychiatric Emergencies in Pregnant Women\r ix
Special Considerations in Trauma Patients\r ix
Ethical Issues in Emergency Psychiatry\r ix
Health Policy Considerations in Treating Mental and Behavioral Health Emergencies in the United States\r x
EMERGENCY MEDICINE\rCLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA\r xi
FORTHCOMING ISSUES xi
February 2016 xi
May 2016 xi
August 2016 xi
RECENT ISSUES xi
August 2015 xi
May 2015 xi
February 2015 xi
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE xiii
LEARNING OBJECTIVES xiii
ACCREDITATION xiii
DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST xiii
UNAPPROVED/OFF-LABEL USE DISCLOSURE xiii
TO ENROLL xiii
METHOD OF PARTICIPATION xiv
CME INQUIRIES/SPECIAL NEEDS xiv
Foreword: Behavioral and \x0BPsychiatric Emergencies xv
Preface : The Hidden Costs of Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies\r xvii
REFERENCES xviii
Down the Rabbit Hole 721
Key points 721
INTRODUCTION 721
Impact of Psychiatric Disease on the Emergency System 722
Pediatric Patients with Psychiatric Complaints 723
Medical Clearance Definition and Background 724
CLINICAL EVALUATION 725
Approach to the Patient with Psychiatric Complaints 725
History 727
MEDICAL PROBLEMS PRESENTING AS PSYCHIATRIC COMPLAINTS 727
Review of Systems 729
Physical Examination 729
Deficiencies in the Initial Assessment 730
LABORATORY AND ANCILLARY TESTING 732
Importance and Usefulness 732
Ancillary Testing in Pediatric Patients 733
Cost 734
SUMMARY 734
REFERENCES 734
Stabilization and Management of the Acutely Agitated or Psychotic Patient 739
Key points 739
INTRODUCTION 739
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 740
ASSESSMENT 741
MANAGEMENT GOALS 743
NONPHARMACOLOGIC STRATEGIES 743
Environmental Intervention 743
Seclusion and Mechanical Restraints 743
De-Escalation Techniques 744
PHARMACOLOGIC STRATEGIES 744
Benzodiazepines 745
Antipsychotics 746
Novel Agents 746
SUMMARY 747
REFERENCES 748
Stabilizing and Managing Patients with Altered Mental Status and Delirium 753
Key points 753
INTRODUCTION 753
RECOGNIZING DELIRIUM 754
DIFFERENTIATING PSYCHIATRIC PRESENTATION FROM DELIRIUM 755
HISTORY 755
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION 757
WORK UP FOR ALTERED MENTAL STATUS 758
STABILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT 758
First Steps 758
Laboratory Testing 758
Is Head Computed Tomography Scan Indicated for All Cases of Altered Mental Status? 760
Lumbar Puncture 760
What About Urine Drug Screen? 761
Managing Agitation in the Emergency Department 761
SUMMARY 762
REFERENCES 763
Depression and the Suicidal Patient 765
Key points 765
BACKGROUND AND EPIDEMIOLOGY 765
DEFINITION OF DEPRESSION 766
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS 766
ROLE OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHYSICIAN IN EVALUATING PATIENTS WITH DEPRESSION 768
THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT INTERVIEW OF DEPRESSED PATIENTS 769
THE ROLE OF COLLATERAL AND FAMILY SUPPORT 769
SCREENING TOOLS FOR DEPRESSION 769
ASSESSMENT OF SUICIDE 771
Suicidality 771
Methods of Suicide 771
Suicide Risk Factors and Assessment: High Versus Low/Moderate Risk 771
Suicide Protective Factors 772
Suicide Prevention Contract and Lack of Effectiveness 773
SAD PERSONS 773
DISPOSITION IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT 773
Access to Specialist or Psychiatric Hospitalization 773
When to Admit 774
When to Discharge 774
When to Initiate Antidepressants in the Emergency Department 775
Relationship Between Antidepressant Initiation and Suicide Risk 775
SUMMARY 775
REFERENCES 776
New Drugs of Abuse and Withdrawal Syndromes 779
Key points 779
NBOME 779
STIMULANTS 781
SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS 782
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SETTING 786
EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT IN THE OUTPATIENT SETTING 788
REFERENCES 791
Shift, Interrupted: Strategies for Managing Difficult Patients Including Those with Personality Disorders and Somatic Sympt ... 797
Key points 797
INTRODUCTION 797
What Makes a Patient Difficult? 798
SOMATOFORM DISORDERS: DIAGNOSTIC DIFFICULTY AND POOR RESPONSE TO ROUTINE TREATMENTS 799
Definitions and Alternate Terminology 799
The Mind-Body Connection: Which Symptoms Present to the Emergency Room? 802
Common Somatic Symptom: Chest Pain 802
Common Somatic Symptom: Abdominal Pain 804
Challenging Somatic Symptom: Blindness 804
Management and Diagnostic Considerations 804
PATIENTS WITH DIFFICULT PERSONALITIES 805
DIFFICULTY CAUSED BY PROVIDER FEELINGS—BIAS AND COUNTERTRANSFERENCE 806
Countertransference 806
Management Goals 807
Pharmacologic Strategies 807
Nonpharmacologic Strategies 808
SUMMARY 809
REFERENCES 809
Special Considerations in Pediatric Psychiatric Populations 811
Key points 811
INTRODUCTION 811
TRIAGE OF THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY PATIENT 812
DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL IDEATION 813
PATIENT EVALUATION OVERVIEW 813
PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT 814
DISPOSITION 814
THE AGGRESSIVE OR VIOLENT PEDIATRIC PATIENT 815
General Guidelines for Treatment of Agitation 815
TREATMENT 815
Definitions for Reference 816
Restraint Specifications for Children per Latest Guidelines 817
Pharmacologic Strategies 819
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER INTRODUCTION 819
PATIENT EVALUATION OVERVIEW 819
Autism 819
Associated presentations 819
Behavioral interventions 820
Language 820
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 820
Associated presentations 820
OPPOSITIONAL-DEFIANT DISORDER AND CONDUCT DISORDER 821
EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND INTERNET ON PEDIATRIC PSYCHIATRIC PRESENTATIONS 821
SUMMARY 822
REFERENCES 822
Psychiatric Emergencies in the Elderly 825
Key points 825
INTRODUCTION 825
DELIRIUM 826
DEMENTIA 827
DEPRESSION 828
Feature 1: Acute-onset and fluctuating course 828
Feature 2: Inattention 828
Feature 3: Disorganized thinking 828
Feature 4: Altered level of consciousness 828
SUICIDE 832
ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE 832
POLYPHARMACY 833
ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT 834
ALTERED MENTAL STATUS 836
SUMMARY 836
REFERENCES 836
Psychiatric Emergencies in Pregnant Women 841
Key points 841
INTRODUCTION 841
MEDICAL SCREENING OF PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS IN PREGNANCY 842
Defining an Adequate Medical Examination 842
The Role of Routine Laboratory and Drug Screen Testing 843
AGITATION IN PREGNANCY 843
SPECIFIC DISORDERS DURING PREGNANCY 846
Mood Disorders During Pregnancy 846
Psychotic Disorders During Pregnancy 847
SUMMARY 848
REFERENCES 848
Special Considerations in Trauma Patients 853
Key points 853
INTRODUCTION 853
EVALUATION AND TREATMENT 854
Initial Stabilization 854
Secondary Evaluation 854
Specific Conditions 856
Delirium 856
Traumatic Brain Injury 856
CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY 857
ACUTE STRESS DISORDER AND POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER 858
SUMMARY 859
REFERENCES 859
Ethical Issues in Emergency Psychiatry 863
Key points 863
INTRODUCTION 863
CAPACITY AND CONSENT 864
Assessing Capacity 864
Managing Psychiatric Patients with Uncertain Capacity 865
PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY 866
What to Do When Patients Make Threats Against Specific Persons 866
Maintaining the Confidentiality of Psychiatric Patients 867
INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT 868
Involuntary Admission 868
What to Do When a Patient Refuses Standard Medical Clearance Testing 869
Ethical Issues in Forced Medication, Restraint, and Seclusion 870
SUMMARY 871
REFERENCES 871
Health Policy Considerations in Treating Mental and Behavioral Health Emergencies in the United States 875
Key points 875
HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE UNITED STATES 875
EMERGENCY MENTAL HEALTH DELIVERY IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY 876
Emergency Department Boarding with Psychiatric Consultation 876
Designated Psychiatric Area Within the Emergency Department 877
Psychiatric Emergency Service 878
EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC CARE: A TATTERED SYSTEM 878
TREATING MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES: MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM CONSIDERATIONS 880
Inadequate Mental Health Coverage 880
Diminished Investment in Psychiatric Care 882
Diminished Access to Psychiatric Care 883
TREATING MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES: EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT POLICY CONSIDERATIONS 883
Boarding of Psychiatric Patients in the Emergency Department 884
Lack of Specialized Staff for Psychiatric Patients in the Emergency Department 885
TREATING MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES: POLICY CONSIDERATIONS BEYOND THE HOSPITAL 885
Drug Abuse and Dependence in Mental Illness 885
Mental Illness and Homelessness 886
Incarceration of the Mentally Ill 887
SUMMARY 887
REFERENCES 888
Index 893