Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital

International Delphi on a medical screening tool for emergency department patients with psychiatric complaints

Abstract Background: Medical screening in the emergency department (ED) is performed to identify underlying medical conditions that may contribute to a patient’s psychiatric presentation and/or require treatment. This process frequently causes disagreement between emergency physi...

Irritability: what, who, how and why?

Irritability is a ubiquitous clinical phenomenon, and yet its definition and specific role within psychiatric disorders have long eluded the field. By understanding what irritability is, in whom it should be studied and how it should be modelled, new insights into the disorders w...