Date of Issue: 03/11/2023 | Volume: 2 | Number: 3&4
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Dr. Stephan Heckers reviews the diagnosis and treatment of catatonia and Dr. Steve Seiner updates us on new developments in ECT. Also, we discuss the management of psychogenic polydipsia and give you tips for managing sexual incidents on psychiatric inpatient units.
Date of Issue: 01/01/2022 | Volume: 2 | Number: 1&2
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Dr. VanDercar shares insights that can help us in court, Dr. Hong reviews key principles when working with patients with BPD in emergency rooms, and Dr. Adi helps us understand Tarasoff warnings. Also: strategies to verbally de-escalate agitated patients.
Your hospitalized patient tells you that he is angry with his sister and intends to “bash her brains in.” He tells you she is sending him messages through the television that say she is going to kill him. Nurses...
When our patients become agitated and threatening, we often think first about chemical or physical restraints—especially when staff’s physical safety seems at imminent risk. But it’s important to remember that coercive interventions can be humiliating and may lead to more...
CHPR: Can you start by telling us what criteria you use to assess capacity? Dr. Cheung: We generally look for evidence of capacity in four domains. These have become the standard criteria for assessing capacity, based on Dr. Paul Appelbaum’s...
It’s likely your patients have asked you about esketamine. The buzz is that it’s a rapid-acting miracle cure for suicidal depression. Dr. Thomas Insel, former director of NIMH, declared that ketamine “might be the most important breakthrough in antidepressant treatment...
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