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Chapter 50 - Research in emergency psychiatry

from Section 6. - Administration of psychiatric care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2013

By
Ross A. Heller  and
Preeti Dalawari
Edited by
Leslie S. Zun
Edited in association with
Lara G. Chepenik  and
Mary Nan S. Mallory
Leslie S. Zun
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mt Sinai Hospital, Chicago
Lara G. Chepenik
Affiliation:
Yale University School of Medicine
Mary Nan S. Mallory
Affiliation:
University of Louisville, School of Medicine
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Summary

The top five most costly disorders for American health care are cancer, trauma, heart conditions, asthma, and mental health disorders. Research funding for mental health and emergency psychiatry disorders significantly lags behind the other four problems. Barriers for patient participation in research for this population exist and may be unique. Any medical research requires the consent of the patient, or a surrogate for the patient. As research of neuropsychiatric disorders involves patients with illnesses that affect cognition, decision-making capacity and awareness, the consent process can pose interesting and potentially ethical challenges. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the primary federal agency funding basic and clinical research for serious mental illness (SMI) disorders. Suicide is the tenth leading case of death in the United States. Funding of and research into suicide is necessary to provide measures and interventions which effectively reduce risk of suicide.

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psychiatric patienttriagepre-arrival patient informationpatient statusclinical careemergency department
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Behavioral Emergencies for the Emergency Physician , pp. 378 - 381
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2013

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