This book offers a unique glimpse into the startlingly complex
world of acute children's psychiatry through 12 chapters, each
inspired by the actual visit of a child in psychiatric crisis to
one of the most well-known psychiatric emergency rooms in the
nation. Suicide by Security Blanket, and Other Stories from the
Child Psychiatry Emergency Service: What Happens to Children with
Acute Mental Illness takes the reader inside the child psychiatry
emergency room at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston.
Each chapter highlights both the child's dilemma and the doctors'
thought processes, and stresses the elements of rapid assessment.
The real-life patient stories also offer myriad teaching points
about child development and the warning signs of illness, and
provide compelling lessons regarding types of interactions with
school systems, health care systems, and family systems. Each
individual story presents the breadth and depth of the child
psychiatric emergency evaluation at MGH, from initial assessment to
disposition, presenting a genuine glimpse into the children's
psychiatric emergency room at one of the nation's most famous
psychiatric departments. This book demonstrates vividly how even
the best-intentioned communities can fail to offer services to
their neediest families. Each story presents a fascinating glimpse
into the complex and sometimes tragic world of child psychiatry on
the front lines.
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