Electroconvulsive Therapy
Electroconvulsive Therapy Walter Knysz III Edward C. Coffey The use of convulsive therapies in the treatment of major mental illness dates back to the use of camphor in the 16th…
Hospital Treatment of Depression and Mania
Hospital Treatment of Depression and Mania Stan D. Arkow Susan Turner David A. Kahn The hospital treatment of depression and mania has undergone major changes in recent decades as the…
Psychiatric Education on the Inpatient Unit
Psychiatric Education on the Inpatient Unit Cynthia A. Pristach Subhdeep Virk The hospital has traditionally been the main training site for medical students, residents, nurses and other health care professionals….
Legal Issues in Inpatient Psychiatry
Legal Issues in Inpatient Psychiatry Gabor Vari Mace Beckson Robert Weinstock The legal aspects of inpatient care often are not fully understood by or seem daunting to psychiatrists. The goal…
Psychiatric Administration
Psychiatric Administration Mark L. Russakoff Regardless of where one intends to practice, it is useful for psychiatrists to have an understanding of administration beyond the experiential. If one intends to…
Neuropsychiatric Approach to the Psychiatric Inpatient
Neuropsychiatric Approach to the Psychiatric Inpatient Fred Ovsiew Evan D. Murray Bruce H. Price This chapter focuses on the neuropsychiatric approach to patients admitted to inpatient psychiatric units. Its goal…
General Medical Evaluation and Management of the Psychiatric Inpatient
General Medical Evaluation and Management of the Psychiatric Inpatient Fred Ovsiew David Lovinger Psychiatrists’ skill in providing general medical care has been in question since the foundation of the profession….
Pharmacologic Approach to the Psychiatric Inpatient
Pharmacologic Approach to the Psychiatric Inpatient Arash Ansari David N. Osser Leonard S. Lai Paul M. Schoenfeld Kenneth C. Potts Characteristics of Inpatient Treatment The role of inpatient psychiatric treatment…
Psychosocial Approaches in Inpatient Psychiatry
Psychosocial Approaches in Inpatient Psychiatry Richard L. Munich Pamela K. Greene Admission to an inpatient psychiatric facility is a major treatment intervention. Its goals include an evaluation of and recovery…
The Ins and Outs of 200 Years of Psychiatric Hospitals in the United States
The Ins and Outs of 200 Years of Psychiatric Hospitals in the United States Jeffrey L. Geller Sarah Guzofski Margo Lauterbach In 1841, Dorothea Dix, then a 39-year-old former school…
