Full Description
Practicing Patient Safety in Psychiatry covers all problematic aspects of care delivery in an easy-to-read format. Both portable and practical, this easily referenced guide book is designed for psychiatric residents and clinicals looking to improve their understanding of critical care. Featuring a wide variety of case-studiy examples and take-home points, this book is an essential introduction of patient safety for practitioners looking to deliver the highest quality of care in both inpatient and outpatient environments.
Dr. Geetha Jayaram has been the Physician Advisor for the department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital for 21 years, and the Chair Of the International Patient Safety committee for the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Jayaram is an outstanding clinician who has thought patient safety to residents and faculty for two dedcades. She is a pioneer in the field of psychiatric pateint safety, and has been invited to teach safety both nationally and internationally for many years.
Contents
Foreword - Joel Yager ; Chapter 1 - Introduction to Patient Safety - Geetha Jayaram ; Chapter 2 - The Physician Advisor's Role in Contemporary Psychiatry - Geetha Jayaram ; Chapter 3 - Hand-offs in Psychiatry - Geetha Jayaram ; Chapter 4 - Suicide Risk Management and Prevention - Geetha Jayaram ; Chapter 5 - Medication Errors in Psychiatry: An Examination of Error Proneness of Psychotropic Medications - Geetha Jayaram and Brian Pinto ; Chapter 6 - Safety Considerations for Electroconvulsive Therapy - Irving Reti, Melinda Walker, Kathy Pulia, Geetha Jayaram, and Frank Mondimore ; Chapter 7 - Psychiatric Problems in Patients in the General Hospital - O. Joseph Bienvenu and Geetha Jayaram ; Chapter 8 - Avoiding Restraints and Seclusion Use - Geetha Jayaram ; Chapter 9 - Root Cause Analysis - Geetha Jayaram ; Chapter 10 - Planning for Preventing Elopements - Geetha Jayaram ; Chapter 11 - Miscellaneous Problems in Patient Safety - Geetha Jayaram
