Objectives
* Discuss generic classroom and clinical hours associated with psychiatric emergencies in the DOT curriculum.
* List the incidence of various psychiatric illnesses in the general population.
* Discuss case studies involving pop culture examples of addiction, anxiety disorders, autism, bipolar disorders, dementia, hypochondriasis, obsessive-compulsive disorder, various personality disorders, schizophrenia, and suicide.
* Discuss personal safety measures when dealing with the suicidal.

Topic Highlights
Mental illness is one of the most overlooked aspects of our care for patients in both DOT curriculum and textbooks. Psychiatric emergencies occur regularly in varying degrees and this lecture will look at psych emergencies from a case study approach. Using examples from the popular culture, this session will examine multiple areas of psychiatric and neurologic illness to start a discussion about our care of those suffering an unseen illness in the community. At the conclusion, students will see examples of psychiatric and neurologic illness where they may have missed it before.

Audience/Track
This class is open to any EMS provider.