Welcome/About:
Welcome to the Emergency Psychiatry SIG!
Co-Chairs:
- Shuchi Khosla, MD
- Priyanka Amin, MD
Early Career Representatives (ECP):
- Paige Chardavoyne, MD, MEd
The Emergency Psychiatry SIG is among the largest and most prominent organizations of physicians focused on emergency psychiatric practice. The SIG provides a way for Academy members to:
- Connect over a shared interest in emergency psychiatry;
- Ensure that the Academy maintains its leading role in advancing the treatment of behavioral emergencies;
- Provide networking opportunities for SIG members;
- Develop content for the annual meeting;
- Collaborate on shared research and clinical projects;
- Share best practices; and,
- Promote state-of-the-art science in emergency psychiatry among Academy members.
The SIG welcomes Academy members from all practice settings–whether seeing an occasional consult in the emergency department or practice full-time in crisis services.
The Emergency Psychiatry SIG shares ACLP’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We welcome diversity of thought and experience, and we aim to make professional and networking opportunities open to all SIG members in a transparent, welcoming manner. It is vital that we provide quality mental health care in emergency departments and crisis centers, whose patients are disproportionately minority and underserved.
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Join Us/How to Join
To join our SIG, subscribe via your ACLP member profile. After logging in, visit the “SIGs” section of your profile and check “Emergency Psychiatry.” Please allow 24 hours before your subscription to the SIG takes effect; you will be automatically subscribed to the SIG listserv.
SIG Activities
The SIG provides formal and informal professional network opportunities for members. Frequent activities include:
- Monthly journal club (note: this is not an ACLP-sponsored activity; if you are interested in participating, please share your email here)
- Discussion email listserv
- Coordination and preparation of sessions for the ACLP Annual Meeting, the premier forum for new research and innovations in C-L and emergency psychiatry
- Consultation on clinical guidelines and research projects
- Opportunities to participate in multi-site research and program development
Resources
ACLP Clinical Pearls Videos and Online Instruction
- Identification and management of malingering
- Crisis/suicide safety planning
- Verbal de-escalation and safety training
Quarterly Annotations on Emergency Psychiatry Articles of Interest
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Related Organizations/Meetings
- American Association for Emergency Psychiatry: A multidisciplinary organization of emergency mental health providers. AAEP hosts the Annual Update on Behavioral Emergencies (NUBE) Conference.
- Consultation-Liaison and Emergency Psychiatry Annual Conference (during Jazz Fest, May)