Emergency Psychiatry

Crisis stabilization centers provide immediate, compassionate care for mental health crises, reducing emergency department congestion and enhancing recovery pathways.

Emergency psychiatry navigates complex ethical dilemmas, balancing patient safety, autonomy, and confidentiality in high-stakes situations.

EmPATH units revolutionize emergency psychiatry, offering rapid, compassionate care for behavioral health crises and improving community outcomes.

Emergency departments face unique challenges in providing psychiatric care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, impacting wait times and overall experience.

2025: one of the most consequential years ever for emergency psychiatry.

Peripartum psychosis is considered a psychiatric emergency. Here is how an interdisciplinary team can provide the best care.

Postpartum psychosis occurs in about 1 to 2 per thousand new mothers. In this personal story, one writer shares her experience with postpartum psychosis.

Consideration of both practical and ethical concerns, as well as an interdisciplinary approach, can lead to better outcomes for pregnant patients with psychosis.

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According to a new study, the launch of 988 did not equate to significant, equitable growth in availability of crisis services.

How can you manage health care coordination for patients who traverse various levels of care?

An observational cohort study found patients at less risk of hospitalization for alcohol use disorder when also being treated with a GLP-1 agonist anti-diabetic/obesity agent.

The presentation of catatonia can vary, making its management challenging, particularly in resource-limited settings in South Africa.

A recent New York Times “hard hitting expose” accused Acadia Healthcare of hospitalizing psychiatric patients inappropriately. What does this expose about psychiatric hospitalization?

In this CME article, learn more about a protocolized approach to the hospital management of pediatric patients with severe malnutrition related to eating disorders, including the utilization of a multidisciplinary care team and structured psychoeducation materials for families.

This article explains the role of medications that have high affinity to block dopamine D4.

How can we ensure an accountable, effective, and limited conservatorship system? Here are some actionable concepts.

How can we lessen fatal interactions between individuals with mental illness and police? The best possible avenue is partnership and cooperation between mental health clinicians and law enforcement.

Clinicians can ensure high-quality care by remaining informed about legal and ethical considerations in navigating patient privacy dilemmas.

Assisted outpatient treatment is not intended to replace comprehensive, easy-to-access, voluntary treatment. Here's why we need it, according to one expert.

How can agitation mimic various psychiatric illnesses?

For older adults, hoarding disorder can have serious consequences. Examine this case study to learn more.

How can you best identify and manage pediatric PTSD?

Outpatient civil commitment in Maryland will go into effect in July 2025. Learn more here.

In this CME article, learn more about common clinical conditions, consultation questions, and challenges in the field of critical care psychiatry.

The current system of extrajudicial medical holds does not protect the rights of those who lack capacity to care for themselves due a medical condition.

Learn more about a feasible, scalable, effective model of care that is a step away from the forced dichotomy of inpatient and outpatient care.

From connections between bipolar disorder and cardiometabolic issues to management of agitation in emergency departments, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

Agitation, possibly leading to aggression, is a major issue in emergency centers. Explore a case of agitation in the emergency department.