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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. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together. Doherty, Jennifer L.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Health Care Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

The bill includes a family physician as a member of the committee, which is tasked with advising the Governor and legislature on policies and practices related to school health. Schools are seeing increased concerns related to managing acute and chronic health conditions, mental health issues and health fragility.

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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. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together. J Inherit Metab Dis 2007; 30:631.

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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

There is a special emphasis on the use of public health models that prioritize harm reduction and person-centered care to prevent drug-related fatalities and curb the opioid epidemic along lines of race and class. Jordan highlights opportunities for meaningful drug policy reform, including examining federal methadone regulations (e.g.,

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

PEMBlog

Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together. 2007 Oct;14(5):265-8. These articles will take another look at the content included in this episode. West J Emerg Med. 2012 Feb;13(1):35-40. PMC3298214. Melamed E, Oron Y, Ben-Avraham R, Blumenfeld A, Lin G. Eur J Emerg Med.

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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

GeriPal

Myself personally, I was in PCEP at Harvard, I think like 2007 or something with Rachelle Bernacki and a bunch of other great people. And then I immediately realized that I was fighting going into a mental health discipline because of my parents’ background in mental health as psychologists. Susan: Beautiful.

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