Description

Book Synopsis
Psychiatry: Breaking the ICE contains everything psychiatry trainees need in order feel confident and competent in general adult inpatient and community placements.

Table of Contents
Contributors, xi

Foreword, xv

Acknowledgements, xvii

Abbreviations, xix

About the companion website, xxi

Part I: Introduction

1 Welcome, 3
Sarah Stringer

2 Mental health services overview, 5
Christina Barras, Rory Conn, Laurine Hanna, Abigail G Crutchlow, and Juliet Hurn

3 Your team, 9
Christina Barras, Rory Conn, Laurine Hanna, and Abigail G Crutchlow

4 Your role, 13
Christina Barras, Rory Conn, Laurine Hanna, and Abigail G Crutchlow

5 Getting started, 16
Mujtaba Husain, Christina Barras, Rory Conn, and Laurine Hanna

6 Safety and verbal de-escalation, 19
Sarah Stringer

7 Boundaries, time management and burnout, 25
Sarah Stringer, Christina Barras, Rory Conn, and Laurine Hanna

8 Psychiatric assessment, 31
Sarah Stringer, Mujtaba Husain, Penelope Brown, and Sean Cross

9 Management: General principles, 45
Sarah Stringer

10 Physical healthcare, 48
Katherine Beck, Stephanie Young, and Juliet Hurn

11 Medications, 53
Noreen Jakeman and Sarah Stringer

12 Psychological interventions, 65
Jane Bunclark, Natasha Liu-Thwaites, Cheryl Kipping, Juliet Hurn, and Sarah Stringer

13 Social interventions, 83
Christina Barras, Rory Conn, Laurine Hanna, Abigail G Crutchlow, Juliet Hurn, Rachel Thomasson, and Anna M Burnside

14 Handovers, 96
Rachel Thomasson

15 Mental health legislation, 97
Penelope Brown, Peter Hindley, and Anna M Burnside

16 Compliments, complaints and serious incidents, 107
Anna M Burnside and Sarah Stringer

17 Training in psychiatry, 110
Mujtaba Husain, Juliet Hurn, Rachel Thomasson, Christina Barras, Rory Conn, Laurine Hanna, and Sarah Stringer

Part II: Common tasks COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH TEAM (CMHT)

18 Outpatient clinics, 123
Christina Barras, Rory Conn, and Laurine Hanna

19 Care programme approach (CPA) meetings, 127
Abigail G Crutchlow, Christina Barras, Rory Conn, and Laurine Hanna

20 Home visits, 130
Laurine Hanna

21 Depression, 133
Rory Conn and Rachel Thomasson

22 Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), 141
Laurine Hanna

23 First episode psychosis (FEP), 147
Christina Barras and Juliet Hurn

24 Psychosis – longer term, 154
Stephanie Young

25 Bipolar affective disorder (BPAD), 159
Rory Conn and Juliet Hurn

26 Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD), 165
Jane Bunclark and Juliet Hurn

27 Non-engagement or disengagement, 174
Rory Conn

28 Patients with forensic histories, 179
Penelope Brown

29 Pregnancy, 183
Anna M Burnside and Noreen Jakeman

30 Older adults, 189
Vivienne Mak and Sean Lubbe

31 Trauma and asylum, 196
Laurine Hanna and Juliet Hurn

32 Driving, 203
Christina Barras

33 Discharge, 208
Laurine Hanna

WARD

34 From admission to discharge, 212
Katherine Beck and Abigail G Crutchlow

35 Ward rounds, 221
Katherine Beck

36 Common side effect management, 225
Katherine Beck, Noreen Jakeman, and Sarah Stringer

37 Clozapine, 235
Stephanie Young and Noreen Jakeman

38 Self-discharge and section 5(2), 242
Abigail G Crutchlow

39 Seclusion reviews, 246
Katherine Beck

40 Alcohol misuse, 251
Lisa Conlan, Isabel McMullen, and Cheryl Kipping

41 Illicit drugs, 259
Isabel McMullen, Lisa Conlan, and Cheryl Kipping

42 Pregnant patients, 265
Anna M Burnside

43 Inpatients with forensic histories, 269
Penelope Brown

44 People with learning disabilities (LD), 274
Rory Sheehan

45 Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD), 281
Jane Bunclark and Juliet Hurn

46 Older adults, 287
Vivienne Mak and Sean Lubbe

47 Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), 293
Sean Lubbe and Vivienne Mak

48 Section 136 assessments, 298
Anna M Burnside

49 Tribunals, 303
Sarah Stringer

ON-CALL

50 Your first on-call shift, 307
Rachel Thomasson, Sean Cross, and Anna M Burnside

51 Self-harm, 318
Rachel Thomasson, Jane Bunclark, Sean Cross, Rory Conn, and Christina Barras

52 Self-harm in young people, 330
Peter Hindley and Matthew Fernando

53 First episode psychosis (FEP), 336
Rachel Thomasson

54 Mania, 341
Rachel Thomasson

55 Delirium, 345
Vivienne Mak, Sean Lubbe, and Sean Cross

56 Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), 353
Natasha Liu-Thwaites and Rachel Thomasson

57 Panic attacks, 357
Natasha Liu-Thwaites

58 Drug-seeking, 361
Isabel McMullen and Lisa Conlan

59 Learning disability (LD) and behavioural change, 365
Rory Sheehan

60 ‘Social’ presentations, 369
Sean Cross and Rachel Thomasson

61 Medically unexplained symptoms, 374
John Moriarty

Part III: Emergencies

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH TEAM (CMHT)

62 Acute relapse, 383
Laurine Hanna

63 Adult safeguarding, 388
Rory Conn, Vivienne Mak, and Sean Lubbe

WARD

64 Child protection concerns, 394
Peter Hindley, Juliet Hurn, and Sarah Stringer

65 Medical emergencies, 401
Katherine Beck and Abigail Steenstra

66 Opiate overdose, 405
Isabel McMullen and Lisa Conlan

67 Stiff, feverish patients, 408
Anna M Burnside

68 Catatonia, 414
Anna M Burnside

69 Lithium toxicity, 418
Noreen Jakeman and Katherine Beck

70 Alleged sexual assault, 422
Anna M Burnside, Sarah Stringer, and Penelope Brown

71 Self-harm on the ward, 428
Jane Bunclark and Abigail Steenstra

72 Hanging, 433
Anna M Burnside

73 Death, 436
Katherine Beck

ON-CALL

74 Aggression, 440
Abigail G Crutchlow, Christina Barras, Noreen Jakeman, Sean Lubbe, Vivienne Mak, Rachel Thomasson, and Abigail Steenstra

75 Challenging behaviour in children, 451
Peter Hindley and Matthew Fernando

76 Refusal of urgent treatment, 455
Vivienne Mak, Sean Cross, Sean Lubbe, and Rachel Thomasson

77 Delirium tremens, 461
Rachel Thomasson, Isabel McMullen, and Lisa Conlan

78 Puerperal psychosis, 466
Anna M Burnside

79 Eating disorders, 470
Christina Barras and Sean Cross

80 Threats of violence, 477
Penelope Brown and Rachel Thomasson

Appendices

Appendix A Investigations/Monitoring, 485

Juliet Hurn, Noreen Jakeman, Anna M Burnside, and Abigail Steenstra

Table A.1 Overview of physical health monitoring in Severe Mental Illness (SMI), 485

Table A.2 Delirium investigations, 486

Table A.3 First episode psychosis investigations, 487

Table A.4 Baseline checks before starting psychotropics, 488

Table A.5 Ongoing monitoring - antipsychotics, 489

Table A.6 Ongoing monitoring - mood stabilisers, 490

Table A.7 Rapid tranquilisation (RT) cautions and contraindications, 490

Table A.8 Monitoring after RT, 491

Appendix B Medications, 492
Noreen Jakeman and Sarah Stringer

Table B.1.1 Oral antipsychotics–approximate relative side effects, 492

Table B.1.2 Depot antipsychotics–approximate relative side effects, 493

Table B.2 Common oral antipsychotics–key information, 494

Table B.3 Common depot antipsychotics–key information, 496

Table B.4 Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)–key information, 498

Table B.5 Non-SSRI antidepressants–key information, 499

Table B.6 Mood Stabilisers–key information, 502

Table B.7 Sedatives–key information, 504

Appendix C Alcohol and drugs, 505

Table C.1 Quick guide to alcohol units (Cheryl Kipping), 505

Table C.2 Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) questionnaire, 506

Table C.3 Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire (SADQ), 508

Table C.4 Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol Scale, Revised (CIWA-Ar), 509

Table C.5 Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS), 511

Table C.6 Common illicit drugs summary, 513

Appendix D Cognitive testing, 515

Appendix D.1 The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA), 515

Appendix D.2 The Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination-III (ACE-III), 516

Appendix D.3 The Mini-Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination (M-ACE), 530

Appendix E Mental health legislation, 532
Anna M Burnside & Penelope Brown, with thanks to Daniel M Bennett and Edward Noble

Table E.1 The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003: common civil sections, 532

Table E.2 The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986: common sections (Part II), 534

Table E.3 The Mental Health Act 1983, amended 2007 (England & Wales): forensic sections, 537

Appendix F Useful contacts, 539

Index, 541

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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Psychiatry: Breaking the ICE contains everything psychiatry trainees need in order feel confident and competent in general adult inpatient and community placements.

      Table of Contents
      Contributors, xi

      Foreword, xv

      Acknowledgements, xvii

      Abbreviations, xix

      About the companion website, xxi

      Part I: Introduction

      1 Welcome, 3
      Sarah Stringer

      2 Mental health services overview, 5
      Christina Barras, Rory Conn, Laurine Hanna, Abigail G Crutchlow, and Juliet Hurn

      3 Your team, 9
      Christina Barras, Rory Conn, Laurine Hanna, and Abigail G Crutchlow

      4 Your role, 13
      Christina Barras, Rory Conn, Laurine Hanna, and Abigail G Crutchlow

      5 Getting started, 16
      Mujtaba Husain, Christina Barras, Rory Conn, and Laurine Hanna

      6 Safety and verbal de-escalation, 19
      Sarah Stringer

      7 Boundaries, time management and burnout, 25
      Sarah Stringer, Christina Barras, Rory Conn, and Laurine Hanna

      8 Psychiatric assessment, 31
      Sarah Stringer, Mujtaba Husain, Penelope Brown, and Sean Cross

      9 Management: General principles, 45
      Sarah Stringer

      10 Physical healthcare, 48
      Katherine Beck, Stephanie Young, and Juliet Hurn

      11 Medications, 53
      Noreen Jakeman and Sarah Stringer

      12 Psychological interventions, 65
      Jane Bunclark, Natasha Liu-Thwaites, Cheryl Kipping, Juliet Hurn, and Sarah Stringer

      13 Social interventions, 83
      Christina Barras, Rory Conn, Laurine Hanna, Abigail G Crutchlow, Juliet Hurn, Rachel Thomasson, and Anna M Burnside

      14 Handovers, 96
      Rachel Thomasson

      15 Mental health legislation, 97
      Penelope Brown, Peter Hindley, and Anna M Burnside

      16 Compliments, complaints and serious incidents, 107
      Anna M Burnside and Sarah Stringer

      17 Training in psychiatry, 110
      Mujtaba Husain, Juliet Hurn, Rachel Thomasson, Christina Barras, Rory Conn, Laurine Hanna, and Sarah Stringer

      Part II: Common tasks COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH TEAM (CMHT)

      18 Outpatient clinics, 123
      Christina Barras, Rory Conn, and Laurine Hanna

      19 Care programme approach (CPA) meetings, 127
      Abigail G Crutchlow, Christina Barras, Rory Conn, and Laurine Hanna

      20 Home visits, 130
      Laurine Hanna

      21 Depression, 133
      Rory Conn and Rachel Thomasson

      22 Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), 141
      Laurine Hanna

      23 First episode psychosis (FEP), 147
      Christina Barras and Juliet Hurn

      24 Psychosis – longer term, 154
      Stephanie Young

      25 Bipolar affective disorder (BPAD), 159
      Rory Conn and Juliet Hurn

      26 Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD), 165
      Jane Bunclark and Juliet Hurn

      27 Non-engagement or disengagement, 174
      Rory Conn

      28 Patients with forensic histories, 179
      Penelope Brown

      29 Pregnancy, 183
      Anna M Burnside and Noreen Jakeman

      30 Older adults, 189
      Vivienne Mak and Sean Lubbe

      31 Trauma and asylum, 196
      Laurine Hanna and Juliet Hurn

      32 Driving, 203
      Christina Barras

      33 Discharge, 208
      Laurine Hanna

      WARD

      34 From admission to discharge, 212
      Katherine Beck and Abigail G Crutchlow

      35 Ward rounds, 221
      Katherine Beck

      36 Common side effect management, 225
      Katherine Beck, Noreen Jakeman, and Sarah Stringer

      37 Clozapine, 235
      Stephanie Young and Noreen Jakeman

      38 Self-discharge and section 5(2), 242
      Abigail G Crutchlow

      39 Seclusion reviews, 246
      Katherine Beck

      40 Alcohol misuse, 251
      Lisa Conlan, Isabel McMullen, and Cheryl Kipping

      41 Illicit drugs, 259
      Isabel McMullen, Lisa Conlan, and Cheryl Kipping

      42 Pregnant patients, 265
      Anna M Burnside

      43 Inpatients with forensic histories, 269
      Penelope Brown

      44 People with learning disabilities (LD), 274
      Rory Sheehan

      45 Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD), 281
      Jane Bunclark and Juliet Hurn

      46 Older adults, 287
      Vivienne Mak and Sean Lubbe

      47 Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), 293
      Sean Lubbe and Vivienne Mak

      48 Section 136 assessments, 298
      Anna M Burnside

      49 Tribunals, 303
      Sarah Stringer

      ON-CALL

      50 Your first on-call shift, 307
      Rachel Thomasson, Sean Cross, and Anna M Burnside

      51 Self-harm, 318
      Rachel Thomasson, Jane Bunclark, Sean Cross, Rory Conn, and Christina Barras

      52 Self-harm in young people, 330
      Peter Hindley and Matthew Fernando

      53 First episode psychosis (FEP), 336
      Rachel Thomasson

      54 Mania, 341
      Rachel Thomasson

      55 Delirium, 345
      Vivienne Mak, Sean Lubbe, and Sean Cross

      56 Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), 353
      Natasha Liu-Thwaites and Rachel Thomasson

      57 Panic attacks, 357
      Natasha Liu-Thwaites

      58 Drug-seeking, 361
      Isabel McMullen and Lisa Conlan

      59 Learning disability (LD) and behavioural change, 365
      Rory Sheehan

      60 ‘Social’ presentations, 369
      Sean Cross and Rachel Thomasson

      61 Medically unexplained symptoms, 374
      John Moriarty

      Part III: Emergencies

      COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH TEAM (CMHT)

      62 Acute relapse, 383
      Laurine Hanna

      63 Adult safeguarding, 388
      Rory Conn, Vivienne Mak, and Sean Lubbe

      WARD

      64 Child protection concerns, 394
      Peter Hindley, Juliet Hurn, and Sarah Stringer

      65 Medical emergencies, 401
      Katherine Beck and Abigail Steenstra

      66 Opiate overdose, 405
      Isabel McMullen and Lisa Conlan

      67 Stiff, feverish patients, 408
      Anna M Burnside

      68 Catatonia, 414
      Anna M Burnside

      69 Lithium toxicity, 418
      Noreen Jakeman and Katherine Beck

      70 Alleged sexual assault, 422
      Anna M Burnside, Sarah Stringer, and Penelope Brown

      71 Self-harm on the ward, 428
      Jane Bunclark and Abigail Steenstra

      72 Hanging, 433
      Anna M Burnside

      73 Death, 436
      Katherine Beck

      ON-CALL

      74 Aggression, 440
      Abigail G Crutchlow, Christina Barras, Noreen Jakeman, Sean Lubbe, Vivienne Mak, Rachel Thomasson, and Abigail Steenstra

      75 Challenging behaviour in children, 451
      Peter Hindley and Matthew Fernando

      76 Refusal of urgent treatment, 455
      Vivienne Mak, Sean Cross, Sean Lubbe, and Rachel Thomasson

      77 Delirium tremens, 461
      Rachel Thomasson, Isabel McMullen, and Lisa Conlan

      78 Puerperal psychosis, 466
      Anna M Burnside

      79 Eating disorders, 470
      Christina Barras and Sean Cross

      80 Threats of violence, 477
      Penelope Brown and Rachel Thomasson

      Appendices

      Appendix A Investigations/Monitoring, 485

      Juliet Hurn, Noreen Jakeman, Anna M Burnside, and Abigail Steenstra

      Table A.1 Overview of physical health monitoring in Severe Mental Illness (SMI), 485

      Table A.2 Delirium investigations, 486

      Table A.3 First episode psychosis investigations, 487

      Table A.4 Baseline checks before starting psychotropics, 488

      Table A.5 Ongoing monitoring - antipsychotics, 489

      Table A.6 Ongoing monitoring - mood stabilisers, 490

      Table A.7 Rapid tranquilisation (RT) cautions and contraindications, 490

      Table A.8 Monitoring after RT, 491

      Appendix B Medications, 492
      Noreen Jakeman and Sarah Stringer

      Table B.1.1 Oral antipsychotics–approximate relative side effects, 492

      Table B.1.2 Depot antipsychotics–approximate relative side effects, 493

      Table B.2 Common oral antipsychotics–key information, 494

      Table B.3 Common depot antipsychotics–key information, 496

      Table B.4 Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)–key information, 498

      Table B.5 Non-SSRI antidepressants–key information, 499

      Table B.6 Mood Stabilisers–key information, 502

      Table B.7 Sedatives–key information, 504

      Appendix C Alcohol and drugs, 505

      Table C.1 Quick guide to alcohol units (Cheryl Kipping), 505

      Table C.2 Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) questionnaire, 506

      Table C.3 Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire (SADQ), 508

      Table C.4 Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol Scale, Revised (CIWA-Ar), 509

      Table C.5 Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS), 511

      Table C.6 Common illicit drugs summary, 513

      Appendix D Cognitive testing, 515

      Appendix D.1 The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA), 515

      Appendix D.2 The Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination-III (ACE-III), 516

      Appendix D.3 The Mini-Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination (M-ACE), 530

      Appendix E Mental health legislation, 532
      Anna M Burnside & Penelope Brown, with thanks to Daniel M Bennett and Edward Noble

      Table E.1 The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003: common civil sections, 532

      Table E.2 The Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986: common sections (Part II), 534

      Table E.3 The Mental Health Act 1983, amended 2007 (England & Wales): forensic sections, 537

      Appendix F Useful contacts, 539

      Index, 541

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