PEMBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

We are in the midst of a staggering mental health crisis. Thousands of children and adolescents spend days at time in Emergency Departments waiting for definitive mental health disposition. It is also the final episode in a 5 episode series focused on agitation in children and adolescents.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 27, 2025

2413 ( Senator Mann ) creates a new assessment on hospitals to increase Medical Assistance reimbursement rates. Schools are seeing increased concerns related to managing acute and chronic health conditions, mental health issues and health fragility. Read a summary of S.F. Read a summary of S.F.

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PEMBlog

MAY 17, 2023

Most children who present to Pediatric Emergency Departments these days with mental health concerns – including agitation – have a known psychiatric problem or diagnosis. Why then do we persist with the “is it medical/organic or psych” question? J Inherit Metab Dis 2007; 30:631.

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PEMBlog

MAY 24, 2023

This podcast episode hosted by Brad Sobolewski ( @PEMTweets ) and co-authored by Dennis Ren ( @DennisRenMD ) is all about age-appropriate non pharmacologic management strategies for agitated children. It is also episode 2 in a 5 episode series focused on agitation in children and adolescents.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

In particular, she reminds us that when we think about the most challenging of our patient encounters, they almost always involve a complex psychosocial dynamic, and this has received far less attention than communication and symptom management issues. . I was a medical and psychiatric resident between 1977 and 1982. AlexSmithMD .

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