Dr. Tony Thrasher is a board-certified psychiatrist employed as the medical director for the Crisis Services branch of the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division. He received his psychiatric training from Washington University in St. Louis, and he is the current President of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry (AAEP).He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), and he currently serves as the President Elect for both the Wisconsin Psychiatric Association (WPA) and the Wisconsin Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (WAOPS). Additionally, he enjoys teaching as a Clinical Associate Professor with the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), serving on the NAMI Wisconsin Board of Directors, and working with Psychiatric Times on a series of Mental Health Minute webinars.

• Section I: The Approach to Emergency Psychiatric Evaluation1. An Initial Approach to the Emergency Evaluation (Pitfalls, Pearls, and notice of Countertransference)2. Evaluating and Managing the Agitated Patient3. Medical Assessment of the Psychiatric Patient4. Assessing for Suicidality and Overall Risk of Violence5. Telepsychiatry and Beyond: Future Directions in Emergency Psychiatry6. Cultural Competence in Emergency Psychiatry Section II: Specific Disorders, Diagnoses, and Symptoms frequently encountered as Psychiatric Emergencies1. Altered Mental Status and Neurologic Syndromes2. Intoxication, Withdrawal, and Symptoms of Substance Use Disorders3. Psychosis, Psychotic Disorders, and the Schizophrenia Spectrum4. Emergency Psychiatry Evaluation and Treatment of Mood Disorders5. Anxiety, PTSD, and other Trauma Related Disorders6. Personality Disorders7. Deception in the Emergency Setting: Malingering and Factitious Disorder8. Eating Disorders and Somatic Symptom Disorders Section III: Specific Populations frequently encountered as Psychiatric Emergencies1. Children and Adolescents2. Geriatrics3. Developmental Disabilities4. Perinatal Patients and related Illnesses, Symptoms, and Complications related to Pregnancy5. Victims of Physical and Sexual Violence (including identification and reporting issues) Section IV: Disposition, Aftercare, Legal Issues, and Future Directions1. Tool, Constraint, Liability, Context: Law and Emergency Psychiatry2. Documenting risk assessments and high acuity discharge presentations3. Trauma Informed Care, Psychological First Aid, and Recovery Oriented Approaches in the ER4. Collaborations WITHIN the ED: observation units, consult models, boarding processes, and future directions5. Collaborations BEYOND the ED: mobile crisis teams, peer services, and working with law enforcement6. Quality Improvement in Psychiatric Emergency Settings: Making Care Better and Safer

Dr. Tony Thrasher is a board-certified psychiatrist employed as the medical director for the Crisis Services branch of the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division. He received his psychiatric training from Washington University in St. Louis, and he is the current President of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry (AAEP).He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), and he currently serves as the President Elect for both the Wisconsin Psychiatric Association (WPA) and the Wisconsin Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (WAOPS). Additionally, he enjoys teaching as a Clinical Associate Professor with the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), serving on the NAMI Wisconsin Board of Directors, and working with Psychiatric Times on a series of Mental Health Minute webinars.

• Section I: The Approach to Emergency Psychiatric Evaluation1. An Initial Approach to the Emergency Evaluation (Pitfalls, Pearls, and notice of Countertransference)2. Evaluating and Managing the Agitated Patient3. Medical Assessment of the Psychiatric Patient4. Assessing for Suicidality and Overall Risk of Violence5. Telepsychiatry and Beyond: Future Directions in Emergency Psychiatry6. Cultural Competence in Emergency Psychiatry Section II: Specific Disorders, Diagnoses, and Symptoms frequently encountered as Psychiatric Emergencies1. Altered Mental Status and Neurologic Syndromes2. Intoxication, Withdrawal, and Symptoms of Substance Use Disorders3. Psychosis, Psychotic Disorders, and the Schizophrenia Spectrum4. Emergency Psychiatry Evaluation and Treatment of Mood Disorders5. Anxiety, PTSD, and other Trauma Related Disorders6. Personality Disorders7. Deception in the Emergency Setting: Malingering and Factitious Disorder8. Eating Disorders and Somatic Symptom Disorders Section III: Specific Populations frequently encountered as Psychiatric Emergencies1. Children and Adolescents2. Geriatrics3. Developmental Disabilities4. Perinatal Patients and related Illnesses, Symptoms, and Complications related to Pregnancy5. Victims of Physical and Sexual Violence (including identification and reporting issues) Section IV: Disposition, Aftercare, Legal Issues, and Future Directions1. Tool, Constraint, Liability, Context: Law and Emergency Psychiatry2. Documenting risk assessments and high acuity discharge presentations3. Trauma Informed Care, Psychological First Aid, and Recovery Oriented Approaches in the ER4. Collaborations WITHIN the ED: observation units, consult models, boarding processes, and future directions5. Collaborations BEYOND the ED: mobile crisis teams, peer services, and working with law enforcement6. Quality Improvement in Psychiatric Emergency Settings: Making Care Better and Safer

Dr. Tony Thrasher is a board-certified psychiatrist employed as the medical director for the Crisis Services branch of the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division. He received his psychiatric training from Washington University in St. Louis, and he is the current President of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry (AAEP).He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), and he currently serves as the President Elect for both the Wisconsin Psychiatric Association (WPA) and the Wisconsin Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (WAOPS). Additionally, he enjoys teaching as a Clinical Associate Professor with the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), serving on the NAMI Wisconsin Board of Directors, and working with Psychiatric Times on a series of Mental Health Minute webinars.

• Section I: The Approach to Emergency Psychiatric Evaluation1. An Initial Approach to the Emergency Evaluation (Pitfalls, Pearls, and notice of Countertransference)2. Evaluating and Managing the Agitated Patient3. Medical Assessment of the Psychiatric Patient4. Assessing for Suicidality and Overall Risk of Violence5. Telepsychiatry and Beyond: Future Directions in Emergency Psychiatry6. Cultural Competence in Emergency Psychiatry Section II: Specific Disorders, Diagnoses, and Symptoms frequently encountered as Psychiatric Emergencies1. Altered Mental Status and Neurologic Syndromes2. Intoxication, Withdrawal, and Symptoms of Substance Use Disorders3. Psychosis, Psychotic Disorders, and the Schizophrenia Spectrum4. Emergency Psychiatry Evaluation and Treatment of Mood Disorders5. Anxiety, PTSD, and other Trauma Related Disorders6. Personality Disorders7. Deception in the Emergency Setting: Malingering and Factitious Disorder8. Eating Disorders and Somatic Symptom Disorders Section III: Specific Populations frequently encountered as Psychiatric Emergencies1. Children and Adolescents2. Geriatrics3. Developmental Disabilities4. Perinatal Patients and related Illnesses, Symptoms, and Complications related to Pregnancy5. Victims of Physical and Sexual Violence (including identification and reporting issues) Section IV: Disposition, Aftercare, Legal Issues, and Future Directions1. Tool, Constraint, Liability, Context: Law and Emergency Psychiatry2. Documenting risk assessments and high acuity discharge presentations3. Trauma Informed Care, Psychological First Aid, and Recovery Oriented Approaches in the ER4. Collaborations WITHIN the ED: observation units, consult models, boarding processes, and future directions5. Collaborations BEYOND the ED: mobile crisis teams, peer services, and working with law enforcement6. Quality Improvement in Psychiatric Emergency Settings: Making Care Better and Safer