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Psychology and Behavioral Disorder

  • Federal Government Declares Emergency Physicians Incapable of Performing Medical Screening Exam for Psychiatric Patients in AnMed Lawsuit

    There is no EMTALA issue in emergency medicine more difficult, more confusing, or more risk-prone than managing...
  • How to Tell Whether a Psychiatric Emergency is Due to Disease or Psychological Illness

    The emergency department serves as both the lifeline and the gateway to psychiatric care for millions of...
  • ACEP Refines Its Clinical Policy on Psychiatric Boarding

    In January 2017, the ACEP Board of Directors approved a clinical policy developed by the ACEP Clinical...

Federal Government Declares Emergency Physicians Incapable of Performing Medical Screening Exam for Psychiatric Patients in AnMed Lawsuit

October 17, 2017 - Robert A. Bitterman, MD, JD, FACEP - 2 Comments

There is no EMTALA issue in emergency medicine more difficult, more confusing, or more risk-prone than managing…

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How to Tell Whether a Psychiatric Emergency is Due to Disease or Psychological Illness

September 18, 2017 - Anton Helman, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP - 0 Comment

The emergency department serves as both the lifeline and the gateway to psychiatric care for millions of…

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ACEP Refines Its Clinical Policy on Psychiatric Boarding

July 10, 2017 - Devorah Nazarian, MD - 0 Comment

In January 2017, the ACEP Board of Directors approved a clinical policy developed by the ACEP Clinical…

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Is Involuntary Hold for Psychiatric Patients the Only Answer?

July 10, 2017 - Dinah Miller, MD - 5 Comments

Eleanor (not her real name) talked to me at length about her experience as a patient who…

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Telepsychiatry, Emergency Psychiatric Services Can Reduce Mental Health Patient Boarding

July 15, 2016 - Scott Zeller, MD, and Rebecca J. Mao, PhD, MPH - 0 Comment

Psychiatric boarding is the phenomenon of mental health patients who are otherwise medically stable waiting for a…

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Psychiatry Telemedicine Programs in the Carolinas Experience Growing Pains, Progress

November 13, 2014 - Craig Price, CAE - 0 Comment

Some states are implementing telepsychiatry programs to expedite the provision of psychiatric care to patients in crisis…

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Update: Psych Boarding Ruled Unlawful in Washington State

August 21, 2014 - ACEP Now - 1 Comment

The Washington State Supreme Court ruled Aug. 7, 2014, that boarding psychiatric patients temporarily in hospital emergency…

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Washington Chapter ACEP Brings Fight Against Psychiatric Boarding to the Courts

June 30, 2014 - Erin Petenko - 1 Comment

UPDATE: Psych Boarding Ruled Unlawful in Washington State Stephen Anderson, MD, fully felt the impact of emergency…

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Solutions Needed to Reduce Boarding of Mental Health Patients in Emergency Departments

June 10, 2014 - Kelly April Tyrrell - 0 Comment

With fewer places left to turn, patients in need of mental health services are increasingly flocking to…

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Decreased Public Mental Health Spending Raises Concerns over Psychiatric Patient Boarding

June 10, 2014 - Jackie Kitchen, MD - 1 Comment

The availability of inpatient psychiatric care has worsened significantly and progressively over the past four years on…

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