article thumbnail

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 5: Management of the child with mental health problems who is boarded in the ED

PEMBlog

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.

article thumbnail

Study finds primary care physicians increasingly treat mental health concerns

Medical Xpress

A new study has found that patients are increasingly likely to discuss mental health concerns with the doctor they often know best: their primary care physician.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Health Care Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

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.

article thumbnail

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

PEMBlog

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. Government.

article thumbnail

Episode 275: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 19 – Reframing the Opioid Epidemic: Anti-Racist Praxis, Racial Health Inequities, and Harm Reduction

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Between 2007 – 2019, Black individuals experienced a higher death rate for opioid overdose deaths than any other racial or ethnic group. This parallels another process, which is the medicalization of human experiences, especially those relating to childbirth and pregnancy.

article thumbnail

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children

PEMBlog

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award (U07MC37471) totaling $3M with 0 percent financed with nongovernmental sources. 2007 Oct;14(5):265-8. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. PMC3298214.

article thumbnail

Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

GeriPal

He’s assistant professor of medicine at UCSF, and he’s one of my former research mentees, and he’s very interested in medical ethics and decision making in the ICU. Myself personally, I was in PCEP at Harvard, I think like 2007 or something with Rachelle Bernacki and a bunch of other great people. Susan: Beautiful.

Illness 110