Agitation Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

Episode 1 in a five-part series hosted by Brad Sobolewski (@PEMTweets) and co-authored by Dennis Ren (@DennisRenMD) is less about “is it psych or not” and more about not missing something because you assumed the patient had a mental or behavioral problem.

Article 1 in a five-part series authored by Dr. Manpreet Singh (@MprizzleER) from emdocs.net discussing how a thorough history & physical guides any evaluation we perform to differentiate organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status in pediatric patients.