An emergency psychiatric evaluation is not complete until the care team knows the answer to a key question: After you leave emergency servi

If your care team in the medical emergency room (ER) decides you need more care than they are able to provide or coordinate for you, they...

Every emergency room approaches psychiatrist staffing differently. As I previously wrote, not every emergency room has a staff...

Most people who are looking for emergency psychiatric care will likely present to a full-service medical emergency room. The reason is log

Psychiatric emergencies are medical emergencies. Therefore, one immediate goal is to present for help as quickly as you can.

Befores speaking about the general process of accessing Emergency Psychiatric Services, I would be remiss if I didn't spend a little time on

My posts on emergency psychiatric care will focus on California systems, and even more so on urban regions that are more likely to have mult