Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Discharge Planning Conversations: What Is Your Support System?
Every patient on an inpatient hospital unit receives a similar support team, and units are ideally designed to meet the staffing needs
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Dec 28, 20211 min read
New Series: Discharge Planning Conversations
Since many hospitalizations are brief, part of inpatient care planning is to help determine which resources would support a patient over the
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Dec 27, 20212 min read
Psychiatric Hospitalization: Discharge Planning Starts on Day One
On one hand, the inpatient team has staff available that are professionals at coordinating care. In addition, the various expertise availab
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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 22, 20211 min read
Psychiatric Hospitalization: "The Milieu"
Almost all psychiatric hospitals have a large, open, lounge area that is shared by all patients. But instead of this space being called som
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Dec 21, 20211 min read
Psychiatric Hospitalization: Medication Tolerance
Psychiatric medications may be started or adjusted during inpatient hospitalization, if appropriate. But since the most common goal of...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Dec 17, 20212 min read
Psychiatric Hospitalization: Stabilization, Not Complete Recovery
Some of the uncertainty is understandable. Every patient is different and what a person might need changes. Some patients may be admitted
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Dec 15, 20212 min read
Psychiatric Hospitalization: Think About It As Daily Appointments
Hopefully, one day I'll be about to write more about why outpatient psychiatric appointments are structured the way they are. It's a...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Dec 14, 20212 min read
Psychiatric Hospitalization: Team Rounding vs Individual Work
Historically, morning rounds were completed with the entire team present. The mindset was that rounds would take as long as they needed...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Dec 13, 20212 min read
Psychiatric Hospitalization: Getting Settled In
Due to the demand for psychiatric hospital beds, once an ER or CSU team is notified that an appropriate bed is available and ready for a...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Dec 10, 20211 min read
Psychiatric Hospitalization: Average is an Idea, Not a Person
Over the next several posts I hope to cover some common experiences during an inpatient psychiatric admission. However, every person is...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Dec 9, 20212 min read
Psychiatric Hospitalization: "Freestanding Psychiatric Hospital"
When the decision has been made to move forward with psychiatric admission, a patient's care team may also need to determine which...
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Dec 7, 20212 min read
Psychiatric Hospitalization: Legal Status
Previously, I wrote about how someone's patterns of thinking can affect their behavior. When it comes to psychiatric hospitalization, consi
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Dec 6, 20212 min read
Psychiatric Hospitalization: "No Appropriate Lower Level of Care"
When discussing whether psychiatric admission is needed, one of the most common questions I'm asked in an ER, PES, or CSU is: "Why does it
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Dec 3, 20212 min read
Psychiatric Hospitalization: Beds Are Limited
Sometimes patients are surprised that they will be transferred from an ER setting to a crisis stabilization unit or psychiatric ER
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Nov 30, 20211 min read
Psychiatric Subspecialities: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
All child psychiatrists must complete an adult psychiatry residency before continuing on to another two years of training to see minors.
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Psychiatric Subspecialities: Forensic Psychiatry
Forensic psychiatrists often work in courts, contributing to decisions on whether someone is competent to stand trial.
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Nov 24, 20211 min read
Psychiatric Subspecialties: Geriatric Psychiatry
The human body continues to change in function as it ages. So it isn't a surprise that treatment approaches that might work well for a youn
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Nov 23, 20211 min read
Psychiatric Subspecialties: Addiction Psychiatry
Addiction is a complex experience. There are intricate interactions between predisposition, behaviors, thought patterns, coping skills, rew
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Dr. Leilani Sharpe
Nov 19, 20211 min read
New Series: Psychiatric Subspecialties
Psychiatrists are physicians who choose to specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders. Their training prepares...
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