Emergency Psychiatry: Principles and Practice
Rachel Lipson Glick (Editor), Jon S. Berlin (Editor), Avrim Fishkind (Editor), Scott L. ZellerOverview
Written and edited by leading emergency psychiatrists, this is the first comprehensive text devoted to emergency psychiatry. The book blends the authors' clinical experience with evidence-based information, expert opinions, and American Psychiatric Association guidelines for emergency psychiatry. Case studies are used throughout to reinforce key clinical points.
This text brings together relevant principles from many psychiatric subspecialties—community, consultation/liaison, psychotherapy, substance abuse, psychopharmacology, disaster, child, geriatric, administrative, forensic—as well as from emergency medicine, psychology, law, medical ethics, and public health policy. The emerging field of disaster psychiatry is also addressed.
A companion Website offers instant access to the fully searchable text.
Synopsis
Written and edited by leading emergency psychiatrists, this is the first comprehensive text devoted to emergency psychiatry. The book blends the authors' clinical experience with evidence-based information, expert opinions, and American Psychiatric Association guidelines for emergency psychiatry. Case studies are used throughout to reinforce key clinical points.
This text brings together relevant principles from many psychiatric subspecialties—community, consultation/liaison, psychotherapy, substance abuse, psychopharmacology, disaster, child, geriatric, administrative, forensic—as well as from emergency medicine, psychology, law, medical ethics, and public health policy. The emerging field of disaster psychiatry is also addressed.
A companion Website offers instant access to the fully searchable text. (www.glickemergencypsychiatry.com)
Doody Review Services
Reviewer:Regina Rosa Lopez, MD(University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)
Description:This book covers emergency psychiatry topics using both clinical expertise and evidence-based medicine. Case studies emphasize the clinical material.
Purpose:According to the editors, the purpose is to create not just a useful reference, but also an inventory of important concepts spanning multiple domains in emergency psychiatry. These are worthy objectives given the evolving nature of the field. The editors sufficiently met these objectives.
Audience:Psychiatrists and emergency department physicians are the intended audience, but the book may be useful for any individuals working with psychiatric patients in emergency situations. The authors are clinicians, researchers, and experts in the field.
Features:The book starts with the history and general principles of emergency psychiatry. Common presenting problems are then discussed in further detail. For each problem, the diagnostic, treatment, and disposition interventions are reviewed. Additionally, chapters on the psychiatric subspecialties are included in the context of the emergency setting, covering children's, geriatric, and women's mental health. Chapters on services related to emergency psychiatry and psychiatric emergencies in other medical settings are incorporated. Finally, emergency psychiatry's interface with public policy and academics concludes this book. Among the best features are the use of evidence-based literature to guide clinical practice and of tables to summarize relevant studies. A shortcoming is the duplication of general concepts, such as evaluations. For experienced clinicians, some of the chapters are too simplistic. Finally, not all material is pertinent to the management of a psychiatric patient in the emergency setting.
Assessment:Overall, this book is well organized and reads easily which makes it a good resource for medical students and residents working in the emergency or psychiatric setting. Attending physicians may not find the information as useful, with the exception of those aspects of psychiatry in the emergency setting not covered in other books.
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Reviewer: Regina Rosa Lopez, MD(University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)Description: This book covers emergency psychiatry topics using both clinical expertise and evidence-based medicine. Case studies emphasize the clinical material.
Purpose: According to the editors, the purpose is to create not just a useful reference, but also an inventory of important concepts spanning multiple domains in emergency psychiatry. These are worthy objectives given the evolving nature of the field. The editors sufficiently met these objectives.
Audience: Psychiatrists and emergency department physicians are the intended audience, but the book may be useful for any individuals working with psychiatric patients in emergency situations. The authors are clinicians, researchers, and experts in the field.
Features: "The book starts with the history and general principles of emergency psychiatry. Common presenting problems are then discussed in further detail. For each problem, the diagnostic, treatment, and disposition interventions are reviewed. Additionally, chapters on the psychiatric subspecialties are included in the context of the emergency setting, covering children's, geriatric, and women's mental health. Chapters on services related to emergency psychiatry and psychiatric emergencies in other medical settings are incorporated. Finally, emergency psychiatry's interface with public policy and academics concludes this book. Among the best features are the use of evidence-based literature to guide clinical practice and of tables to summarize relevant studies. A shortcoming is the duplication of general concepts, such as evaluations. For experienced clinicians, some of the chapters are too simplistic. Finally, not all material is pertinent to the management of a psychiatric patient in the emergency setting. "
Assessment: Overall, this book is well organized and reads easily which makes it a good resource for medical students and residents working in the emergency or psychiatric setting. Attending physicians may not find the information as useful, with the exception of those aspects of psychiatry in the emergency setting not covered in other books.