American Association for Emergency Psychiatry

Abbreviation| AAEP
Focus| emergency psychiatry

Region

| United States
Website| https://www.emergencypsychiatry.org/

The American Association for Emergency Psychiatry (AAEP) is a professional association for emergency psychiatry healthcare professionals in the United States. AAEP hosts national conferences in the field of emergency psychiatry, offering continuing education credit for its membership.[1] AAEP publishes the journal, Emergency Psychiatry, which publishes scientific manuscripts and book reviews.[2] AAEP maintains a members-only discussion board, which Psychiatric Times described as having "lively debates about best practices and ethical issues."[1] AAEP hosts a job-search service for open job postings for healthcare positions in psychiatry.[3] AAEP has published consensus guidelines for the field of emergency psychiatry.[4][5]

## Clinical practice guidelines

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AAEP's Project BETA (Best practices in Evaluation and Treatment of Agitation) is a set of clinical practice guidelines designed to address the treatment of agitation in the acute, emergency psychiatric setting. Published in February 2012, the guidelines have been described by Dr. Scott L. Zeller, MD, AAEP Past President, as being "more humane, patient-centered interventions."[6] The guidelines rely less upon restraint techniques, and more upon de-escalation techniques that encourage patient buy-in to the management of their agitation.[7]

## References

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1. ^ a b Zeller, Scott L. "The Rise in Emergency Psychiatry". UBM Medica, LLC. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
2. ^ "Journals - Journal of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry". emergencypsychiatry.org. American Association for Emergency Psychiatry. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
3. ^ "Recent Jobs". emergencypsychiatry-jobs.careerwebsite.com/. American Association for Emergency Psychiatry. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
4. ^ Anderson, EL; Nordstrom, K; Wilson, MP; Peltzer-Jones, JM; Zun, L; Ng, A; Allen, MH (February 2017). "American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Task Force on Medical Clearance of Adults Part I: Introduction, Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines". West J Emerg Med. 18 (2): 235–242\. doi:10.5811/westjem.2016.10.32258. PMC 5305131. PMID 28210358.
5. ^ Stowell, KR; Florence, P; Harman, HJ; Glick, RL (February 2012). "Psychiatric evaluation of the agitated patient: consensus statement of the american association for emergency psychiatry project Beta psychiatric evaluation workgroup". West J Emerg Med. 13 (1): 11–16\. doi:10.5811/westjem.2011.9.6868. PMC 3298217. PMID 22461916.
6. ^ Zeller, Scott. "New Guidelines Shake Up Treatment of Agitation". Psychiatric Times. UBM Medica, LLC. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
7. ^ Scheck, Anne (February 2011). "Special Report: Project BETA Stresses Verbal De-escalation for Agitated ED Patients". Emergency Medicine News (2). Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.: 19–20\. doi:10.1097/01.EEM.0000394575.73247.2a.

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