The Diagnosis and Management of Agitation

Editors

Scott L. Zeller, University of California, Riverside
Scott L. Zeller is Vice President for Psychiatry, CEP America and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, Riverside. He has designed and developed emergency psychiatry programs across the USA, and he was a lead author on both the USA and International Best Practices guidelines publications for the treatment and evaluation of agitation. His work to improve care for agitated patients led to him being named the 2015 USA 'Doctor of the Year' by the National Council for Behavioral Health.

Kimberly D. Nordstrom, Denver Health Medical Center, Colorado
Kimberly D. Nordstrom is Medical Director, Office of Behavioral Health, State of Colorado and Emergency Psychiatrist, Denver Health Medical Center and Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry. She is the Immediate Past President of American Association for Emergency Psychiatry and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

Michael P. Wilson, University of California, San Diego
Michael P. Wilson is practicing emergency physician and Director of Emergency Psychiatry Research for the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry, Medical Director of Aeromedevac Air Ambulance, and Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine Behavioral Emergencies Research (DEMBER) lab at the University of California, San Diego.

Contributors

Scott L. Zeller, Scott A. Simpson, Seth Thomas, Nathan Beckerman, Alexander Schorb, Heinz Grunze, Sandra Schneider, Eric L. Anderson, Joachim Scharfetter, Paul R. Borghesani, Sharon Romm, Jagoda Pasic, Marina Garriga, Isabella Pacchiarotti, Miquel Bernardo, Eduard Vieta, Jon S. Berlin, Thom Dunn, Charles Dempsey, Yuko Nakajima, Gary M. Vilke, Naomi Schmelzer, Leslie Citrome, Julien J. Cavanagh de Carvalho, David Pepper, Michael P. Wilson, Phyllis Foxworth, John S. Rozel, Keith R. Stowell, Gregory D. Thorkelson