Topics: Capacity | Commitment | court hearings | involuntary civil commitment | Legal issues | medication capacity hold | Statutes | testifying

Dr. VanDercar draws from her backgrounds in both law and psychiatry to educate us about testifying in court hearings.

Topics: Borderline Personality Disorder | Countertransference | Emergency Department | emotion dysregulation | Good Psychiatric Management | interpersonal stressors | Personality Disorders | Suicidality | Working With Families

Patients with borderline personality disorder often show up in emergency rooms multiple times and can trigger frustration and countertransference reactions in clinicians. Dr. Hong tells us how to help these patients and their families develop the skills needed to manage their emotions.

Topics: Crime | Criminal behavior | duty to protect | duty to warn | Free Articles | Legal issues | Tarasoff

Do we have a duty to warn, or a duty to protect? And what’s the difference?

Topics: aggression | Agitation | Emergency Department | Free Articles | verbal de-escalation

Simple strategies can be surprisingly effective in verbally de-escalating agitated patients.

Topics: Debriefing | Nurses | post traumatic stress disorder | PTSD | Trauma | workplace

If you work on a psychiatric inpatient unit, you most likely have witnessed or experienced traumatic events. How can you reduce your or your colleagues’ risk of developing PTSD? Dr. Jacobowitz reviews this important topic.

Topics: Depression | Post-stroke depression | rTMS | Stroke | TMS | Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation | treatment

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation appears to be a safe and effective treatment for poststroke depression, according to this small study.

Topics: CME Post-Test

The post-test for this issue is available for one year after the publication date to subscribers. By successfully completing the test you will be awarded a certificate for 2 CME credits.