Description: The 3rd team assignment is to design a simulation for psychiatry residents interacting with agitated patients. Dr. Cezar Cimpeanu and Dr. James Cartreine present an overview of the problem and discuss their research on effective conflict resolution.

Instructors/speakers: Philip Tan, Jason Begy, Cezar Cimpeanu, James Cartreine

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Lecture Notes (PDF - 1.1MB)

Rueve, Marie, and Randon S. Welton. “Violence and Mental Illness.” Psychiatry 5 (May 2008): 34-48.

Schwartz, Thomas L., and Tricia L. Park. “Assaults by Patients on Psychiatric Residents: A Survey and Training Recommendations.” Psychiatric Services 50 (March 1999): 381-383.

Ogloff, James R. P., and Michael Daffern. “The Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression: An Instrument to Assess Risk for Imminent Aggression in Psychiatric Inpatients.” Behavioral Sciences and the Law 24 (2006): 799-813.

Antonius, Daniel, et al. “Psychiatric Assessment of Aggressive Patients: A Violent Attack on a Resident.” American Journal of Psychiatry 167 (March 2010): 253-259.

DSM-IV Criteria for Substance Use Disorders. “Schizophrenia.” DSM-IV-TR #295.1-295.3, 295.90.

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Audio from Virtual Space Station. NASA/NSBRI, 2008.