OxPal Emergency Medicine Part 6: Emergency Psychiatric Presentations

Please leave us feedback and ask any questions about this lecture using this form: https://forms.gle/Y2YA6P2jeg9rQksU6 Please be aware that this lecture discusses themes that might be upsetting. T/W: mental illness, suicide, self-harm, abuse Here Dr New will tell us all about patients presenting with an acute psychiatric problem - how to approach someone with suicidal thoughts? How can you assess whether a patient is confused or delirious or something else entirely? Links to discussed documents: Electronic Safety Plan - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SC9_... EDPS Assessment Proforma – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bgut... Bio: Dr Emma New is a trainee in psychiatry at Oxford University Hospitals Trust. Dr New is actively involved clinical medical students at Oxford during their Psychiatry rotation and has been involved in OxPal’s Mentorship programme. Disclaimer: OxPal is an independent organisation and the views expressed herein represent the views of the individual/s presenting them. Videos produced by OxPal (OxPal Medlink) solely seek to complement medical education and training from medical schools or hospitals and students/professionals should NOT base patient care purely upon the content of these videos. Always adhere to medical school/local hospital guidelines when performing examinations or clinical procedures, and act as appropriate to your experience level. OxPal does not provide medical advice; always seek the guidance of a qualified healthcare provider with any questions you have regarding a medical condition. This video may contain copyrighted material where the copyright owner has not specifically authorised its use. The material contained is being used by medical professionals to provide a high standard of medical education without profit. Therefore, it is believed that this constitutes a ‘fair dealing’ of the copyrighted material in accordance with the UK copyright law (Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988). Please get in contact with us if you see your material included and would like to be credited.