The rewards and challenges of treating psychiatric patients
Published in the June 2012 issue of Today’s Hospitalist SAY YOU’RE TREATING a 63-year-old patient whose blood pressure has hovered around 170/95 for two days and whose swollen right knee and pronounced...
View ArticleA guide to using psychotropics
Published in the December 2013 issue of Today’s Hospitalist EVEN WHEN PATIENTS WITH psychiatric conditions are well-managed, psychologically stable and reliable historians, things can really go wrong...
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Working up altered states
Published in the March 2014 issue of Today’s Hospitalist WHILE HOSPITALISTS CERTAINLY see their share of patients with altered mental status, they may find it challenging to distinguish among...
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The struggling physician
FRIENDS, PARTNERS AND ADMINISTRATORS always hope to catch loved ones and colleagues on the way down before they hit bottom. But there are days I pull back the curtains only to realize I am meeting a...
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Getting beyond restraints: How to improve psych care in hospital
Published in the January 2016 issue of Today’s Hospitalist As is the case with nearly every other patient population, hospitalists have become the default admitters and attendings for psychiatric...
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The accidental psychiatrist
Published in the February 2018 issue of Today’s Hospitalist SUICIDAL IDEATION is the chest pain of psychiatry. It’s common, potentially dangerous and fantastically resource-intensive. If you’re like...
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