PsychEd Episode 74: Working with BPD in the ED with Dr. Bruce Fage

About this episode

This episode discusses the management of Borderline Personality Disorder in the Emergency Department with Dr. Bruce Fage.

Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This episode covers Working with Borderline Personality Disorder in the Emergency Department with Dr. Bruce Fage, a psychiatrist in Toronto working in emergency and acute care psychiatry, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. His interests include the relational and systems issues that shape psychiatric care in crisis settings. He is also a former founding member of PsychEd! The learning objectives for this episode are as follows: Explain how the emergency department environment influences presentations of borderline personality disorder Know when to apply the diagnosis of borderline personality in the emergency setting Demonstrate effective management strategies for patients with BPD in the ED Evaluate appropriate use of emergency and inpatient care for BPD presentations Guest : Dr. Bruce Fage Hosts : Sara Abrahamson (MS3) Shelly Palchik (MS4) Angad Singh (PGY2) Audio editing: Angad Singh (PGY2) For more PsychEd, follow us on Instagram ( ⁠@psyched.podcast⁠ ), Facebook ( ⁠PsychEd Podcast⁠ ), X ( ⁠@psychedpodcast⁠ ), and Bluesky ( ⁠@psychedpodcast.bsky.social‬⁠ ). You can email…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sara Abrahamson, Shelly Palchik, Angad Singh

Guest: Dr. Bruce Fage

Topics covered

• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Emergency Department
• Psychiatric Care
• Crisis Settings
• Management Strategies

Keywords

• BPD
• Emergency Psychiatry
• Crisis Management
• Psychiatric Diagnosis
• Acute Care

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Toronto, PsychEd

Places: Toronto

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