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Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Readings

The Probability That Catatonia in the Hospital has a Medical Cause and the Relative Proportions of Its Causes: A Systematic Review
Oldham MA. The Probability That Catatonia in the Hospital has a Medical Cause and the Relative Proportions of Its Causes: A Systematic Review [published correction appears in Psychosomatics. 2018 Nov;59(6):626]. Psychosomatics. 2018;59(4):333–340. doi:10.1016/j.psym.2018.04.001
The Serotonin Syndrome
Boyer EW, Shannon M. The serotonin syndrome [published correction appears in N Engl J Med. 2007 Jun 7;356(23):2437] [published correction appears in N Engl J Med. 2009 Oct 22;361(17):1714]. N Engl J Med. 2005;352(11):1112–1120. doi:10.1056/NEJMra041867
Medically Unexplained Neurologic Symptoms: A Primer for Physicians Who Make the Initial Encounter
Evens A, Vendetta L, Krebs K, Herath P. Medically unexplained neurologic symptoms: a primer for physicians who make the initial encounter. Am J Med. 2015;128(10):1059–1064. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.03.030
Verbal De-escalation of the Agitated Patient: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Project BETA De-escalation Workgroup
Richmond JS, Berlin JS, Fishkind AB, et al. Verbal De-escalation of the Agitated Patient: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Project BETA De-escalation Workgroup. West J Emerg Med. 2012;13(1):17–25. doi:10.5811/westjem.2011.9.6864
Catatonia: Our current understanding of its diagnosis, treatment and pathophysiology
Rasmussen SA, Mazurek MF, Rosebush PI. Catatonia: Our current understanding of its diagnosis, treatment and pathophysiology. World J Psychiatry. 2016;6(4):391–398. Published 2016 Dec 22. doi:10.5498/wjp.v6.i4.391
Identifying and Addressing the Hidden Reasons Why Patients Refuse Discharge From the Hospital
Wilson JE, Shuster J, Rowe AA, Fleisch SB, Wilson A, Nicolson SE. Identifying and Addressing the Hidden Reasons Why Patients Refuse Discharge From the Hospital. Psychosomatics. 2016;57(1):18–24. doi:10.1016/j.psym.2015.10.009
The 4 “Cs” of Decision Making Capacity ie The 4 Abilities Criteria
Appelbaum PS. Clinical practice. Assessment of patients' competence to consent to treatment. N Engl J Med. 2007;357(18):1834–1840. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp074045. See especially: Table 1. Legally Relevant Criteria for Decision-Making Capacity and Approaches to Assessment of the Patient. From:
Beyond Capacity: Identifying Ethical Dilemmas Underlying Capacity Evaluation Requests
Kontos N, Freudenreich O, Querques J. Beyond capacity: identifying ethical dilemmas underlying capacity evaluation requests. Psychosomatics. 2013;54(2):103–110. doi:10.1016/j.psym.2012.06.003
Brief Psychotherapy at the Bedside: Countering Demoralization From Medical Illness
Griffith JL, Gaby L. Brief psychotherapy at the bedside: countering demoralization from medical illness. Psychosomatics. 2005;46(2):109–116. doi:10.1176/appi.psy.46.2.109
Delirium in elderly people
Inouye SK, Westendorp RG, Saczynski JS. Delirium in elderly people. Lancet. 2014;383(9920):911–922. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60688-1