Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Outpatient Child Psychiatry: Age versus Developmentally Appropriate
Psychiatrists can learn an incredible amount about a child's history, average day, and past treatments by engaging in imaginative play...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Jan 7, 20221 min read
New Series: Outpatient Child Psychiatry
I'm going to spend the next several posts on what it's like to start care with an outpatient child psychiatrist. Currently I'm debating...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Dec 23, 20211 min read
The Holidays Are Here
Perhaps because I'm a psychiatrist, I'm uniquely aware of how tough the stretch from now to New Year's can be.
For so many:
The budget is t
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Dec 2, 20211 min read
New Series: Psychiatric Hospitalization
One major goal of this blog is to help demystify the types of psychiatric care that are available. Psychiatry is a medical specialty, but e
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Nov 4, 20212 min read
Starting Psychotherapy: Functional Fit
Psychotherapy depends largely on regular, structured conversation. If a patient feels that communication is a fundamental and consistent ch
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Emergency Psychiatric Services: "Home, Outpatient Care, or Hospitalization?"
An emergency psychiatric evaluation is not complete until the care team knows the answer to a key question: After you leave emergency servi
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Oct 29, 20212 min read
Emergency Psychiatric Care: You Could Be Transferred
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...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Emergency Psychiatric Care: Psychiatric Interviews Are Targeted and Condensed
Every emergency room approaches psychiatrist staffing differently. As I previously wrote, not every emergency room has a staff...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Oct 26, 20212 min read
Emergency Psychiatric Care: Emergency Medicine Will Usually See You First
Most people who are looking for emergency psychiatric care will likely present to a full-service medical emergency room. The reason is log
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Oct 25, 20212 min read
Emergency Psychiatric Care: Field Responses Are Available
Psychiatric emergencies are medical emergencies. Therefore, one immediate goal is to present for help as quickly as you can.
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Oct 22, 20212 min read
An Ounce of Prevention
Befores speaking about the general process of accessing Emergency Psychiatric Services, I would be remiss if I didn't spend a little time on
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