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Emergency Mental Health: Assessment & Treatment
By: Tim Webb
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Mental health emergencies occur daily. They present themselves in emergency rooms nationwide. They present themselves in schools, primary care offices, jails, the workplace, churches and most anywhere. The majority of people who commit suicide see their primary care physician during the month prior to their death; however, the symptoms of the suicidal patient are often overlooked. Many have spoken with pastors, counselors or others about their despair. Learning to assess and appropriately intervene can often prevent the patient from attempting suicide. School counselors, managers and others often encounter the chemically dependent or violent individual. Law enforcement personnel often encounter persons with bizarre behavior and those under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Learning to recognize the symptoms of mental health emergencies and how to address them is often vital to the safety of the individual and others.

In this hands-on and practical seminar, participants will learn how to quickly assess and triage mental health emergencies. Information will be provided on performing suicide and homicide risk assessments, mental status examinations and evaluation of the need for detoxification. Mr. Webb will discuss recognizing likely diagnoses based on knowledge of the patient's psychotropic medications. Other topics will include the practitioner's liability regarding emergency mental health, including the practitioner's duty to warn and protect per the Tarasoff court case. The value of "contracts for safety" will also be discussed. Involuntary commitment, inpatient and outpatient treatment criteria will be discussed in relation to both your state’s statutes and third party payment.

  • Quickly assess and triage mental health emergencies
  • Assess and intervene with suicidal, psychotic and dangerous patients
  • Assess and intervene with substance withdrawal
  • Completing the mental status examination
  • Understand when and how to involuntarily commit patients
  • Inpatient vs. outpatient criteria related to your state and managed care
  • Legal and liability issues, including duty to warn and your responsibilities regarding EMTALA
  • Patients at the greatest risk of suicide
  • Precursors to suicide
  • How to assess the risk for suicide and violence
  • Which instruments to use to assess for suicide, violence, sexual aggression and substance withdrawal
  • When to hospitalize vs. utilization of the full outpatient continuum of care
  • Crisis interventions for suicidal and psychotic patients
  • How to develop effective safety plans
  • Which patients require detoxification from substances
  • How to assess withdrawing patients, including use of the CAGE and CIWA
  • Which psychotropic medications are often associated with which psychiatric diagnoses
  • How to perform a mental status exam, including the Folstein
  • How to justify the appropriate level of therapeutic care to managed care companies
  • The legal and liability implications of emergency mental health assessment and treatment
  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Nurses
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Case Managers
  • Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Clinical Directors
  • Program Managers
  • Primary Care Physicians
  • Emergency Room Physicians
  • Utilization Managers
  • Physician Assistants
  • School Nurses
  • Emergency Room Practitioners
  • Pastors
  • Law Enforcement
  • Correctional Staff
  • Guidance Counselors
  • Human Resources Staff
TIM WEBB, M.A.Ed., LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 20 years of experience in emergency mental health assessment and treatment services. In addition to maintaining a small private practice and offering consultative services, he is the Community Liaison for The Pines Residential Treatment Center in Portsmouth, VA, and provides mobile crisis services throughout central North Carolina through Daymark Recovery. As the former intake director for Old Vineyard Behavioral Health in Winston-Salem, NC, an inpatient psychiatric treatment facility, he developed state-of-the-art assessment tools, interventions and procedures for working with suicidal, violent and psychotic patients. Mr. Webb has provided emergency assessment and intervention services in emergency rooms, psychiatric hospitals, mental health centers, jails, detention centers and outpatient settings.

As a nationally recognized speaker, he has taught classes on "Emergency Mental Health," "Dangerous Youth," and "Assessing and Intervening with Suicidal Patients," as well as "Assessing and Treating Sexually Aggressive Youth." Mr. Webb has been a featured speaker for the North Carolina LPC Conference and was formerly the Vice-Chairman for the North Carolina Association for the Management of Sex Offenders. He has been a clinical member of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) and served on the North Carolina Governor's Task Force on Juvenile Sex Offenders. Mr. Webb earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina and his Master of Education degree from Wake Forest University. He receives enthusiastic reviews from seminar participants for his practical, interactive presentation style.

"Tim Webb is an excellent presenter -- one of the best I have ever heard! His case examples were great and helpful. I learned a lot today and I plan to use what I've learned." - Renee Rostan, Social Worker, Morganton, NC

"Tim was a dynamic, energetic and knowledgeable speaker with an excellent sense of humor. This seminar should be a requirement for all social workers." - Brenda Brewer, Social Worker, Baltimore, MD

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