Mental health patients with urgent symptoms may be assisted by emPATH units.
The psychiatry hospitalist model leads to higher job satisfaction and better work-life balance.
Scott Zeller, MD, discusses the importance of treating patients with agitation appropriately.
Dr. Scott Zeller suggests it is time to move away from emergency intramuscular haloperidol.
Discussion with practitioners from either side elicits arguments about the shortcomings of the other. How can disputes be mitigated?
Rather than worry about how to refer to patients, the psychiatry community should relish its distinctive role in bringing mind and body together.
Although patient satisfaction is associated with positive outcomes, measuring it accurately can often prove difficult.
Embracing the best of both psychiatric care models can help lead the way to a middle-ground approach that better benefits urgent care patients.
Improvements can be made to prevent scourge of psychiatric patients languishing in hospital emergency departments for long hours.
