A Conversation About… Emergency Psychiatry – Part 1

In this three-part series, Professor Mark Creamer chats with emergency medicine and psychiatry experts about mental health crises. Join Mark and his guests as they share valuable tips and strategies to effectively manage and/or avert a mental health crisis and explore how best to mitigate the negative impact they may have on practitioners.In the first episode of the series, you’ll hear from Dr Song Chan, a consultant-liaison psychiatrist working at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland. Tune in as Song outlines his four key strategies to respond to and manage mental health crises, including what factors practitioners should consider in the immediacy of the moment to aid the de-escalation of the crisis. Liked this episode? Stay tuned for the rest of the series of A Conversation About… by following MHPN Presents.Visit the MHPN website for episode host and guest bios, recommended resources and a self-directed CPD form.Share your comments, questions and feedback about A Conversation About…, or any of MHPN’s podcast series here: bit.ly/37FFMFM.