Psychiatrists can learn an incredible amount about a child's history, average day, and past treatments by engaging in imaginative play...

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...

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

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

Psychotherapy depends largely on regular, structured conversation. If a patient feels that communication is a fundamental and consistent ch

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