Psychiatric Medications

Authors: Erica Bates, MD; Philip Magidson, MD MPH; Robert Brown, MD; Megan Donohue, MD; Akilesh Honosage, MDEditors: Michael C Bond, MD FAAEM; Kelly Maurelus, MD FAAEMOriginally Published: Common Sense March/April 2017 Introduction Over the past decade, the number of psychiatric medications dispensed has increased dramatically and now annually numbers in the tens of millions. As […]

In this episode, Patrick Wallace and Sameed Shaikh, DO discuss the approach to working up an acutely Psychotic patient. Mr. Wallace is a medical student at Rocky Vista University and ’17-‘18 RSA Education Committee member. Dr. Shaikh is an emergency physician at UCHealth Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs.