A Rational Approach to the Urgent Care Patient with Psychiatric Complaints

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Patients with psychiatric Illness frequently present to urgent care.

Full Description

​Patients with psychiatric Illness frequently present to urgent care. Twelve percent of patients presenting for emergency care have a psychiatric complaint and another 45% screen in for an underlying psychiatric illness. Some of these patients are having a crisis and some a true emergency, while for others, a psychiatric diagnosis lurks on the background. It is important to identify and treat these different presentations correctly and ensure that they are referred to the correct location. Join Dr Zun in this discussion of how to best evaluate and treat psychiatric patients in the urgent care setting.

Additional information

Format

Video

Contributor

Leslie Zun

Length

48 minutes

Publication Date

5/6/18

Source

Urgent Care Association