Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders, Guidance on recognition and management Please see RC Psych guidance here
Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders, Guidance on recognition and management Please see RC Psych guidance here
The main aim of The Guidelines is to provide clinicians with practically useful advice on the prescribing of psychotropic agents in commonly encountered clinical situations. The advice contained in this handbook is based on a combination of literature review, clinical experience and expert contribution.
Riverside Unit -BrisDoc Pathway
Guidance for BrisDoc clinicians assessing patients at the Riverside Unit Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS) (Taken from Maudsley guidance, 12th Edition 2016) Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is a rare but potentially life-threatening consequence of taking anti-psychotic medication: “a syndrome essentially of muscular rigidity and sympathetic hyperactivity occurring as a result of dopaminergic antagonism in the context of […]
Riverside Adolescent Mental Health Unit Clinical Guidance for BrisDoc clinicians OOH Care of the malnourished young person, including risk of re-feeding syndrome (From Junior MARSIPAN Guidelines (Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015), and Refeeding Guidelines (Great Ormond Street Hospital). MARSIPAN checklist for really sick patients with Anorexia Nervosa Some patients on the Riverside Unit are significantly […]