Seth Powsner, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency MedicineCards
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Director, Crisis Intervention Unit
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Director, Crisis Intervention Unit
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Director, Crisis Intervention Unit
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Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency Medicine
Director, Crisis Intervention UnitBiography
Dr. Powsner teaches Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry residents, and advanced medical students. He has been on faculty over 30 years and has been Medical Director of the Crisis Intervention Unit within Yale New Haven Hospital's Emergency Department since 2000. Prior to joining the faculty at Yale, Dr. Powsner was on the clinical faculty at the University of Chicago. He had a private practice in downtown Chicago.
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Psychiatry
ProfessorPrimaryEmergency Medicine
ProfessorSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Adult Psychiatry
- Center for Medical Informatics
- Emergency Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures
Education & Training
- Resident
- Michael Reese Hospital/University of Illinois (1982)
- MD
- Yale University (1978)
- BSEE
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering (1974)
Research
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ORCID
0000-0002-1153-015X
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Research Interests
Perry Miller, PhD, MD
Jon Morrow, PhD, MD
User-Computer Interface
Publications
2023
Modern Psychiatric Emergency Care
Nordstrom K, Currier G, Allen M, Powsner S. Modern Psychiatric Emergency Care. 2023, 1-7. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-42825-9_6-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric emergency serviceEmergency departmentPsychiatric emergency careEmergency careElectroconvulsive therapyPsychiatric emergenciesMedical emergency departmentChronic mental illnessModel of carePsychiatric emergency departmentCommunity-based careMobile crisis servicesEmergency servicesCrisis stabilization unitIll populationInpatient treatmentOutpatient providersPsychiatric patientsSupportive psychotherapyMental illnessPsychiatry practiceCareCrisis servicesEmergency psychiatryPatientsSuicide Risk Assessment, Management, and Mitigation in the Emergency Setting
Powsner S, Goebert D, Richmond J, Takeshita J. Suicide Risk Assessment, Management, and Mitigation in the Emergency Setting. FOCUS The Journal Of Lifelong Learning In Psychiatry 2023, 21: 8-17. PMID: 37205029, PMCID: PMC10172543, DOI: 10.1176/appi.focus.20220072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsRisk of suicideEmergency settingIndividual patientsEvidence-based screeningSerious public health issueEmergency department settingBetter clinical assessmentPublic health issueSuicide risk assessmentCommon presentationHospital admissionPsychiatric admissionsDepartment settingLeading causeClinical assessmentED boardingPatientsPsychiatric crisisSuicidal ideationSuicide riskAvailable evidenceHealth issuesSignificant riskAdmissionRisk
2021
Coordination of Care with Psychiatry
Bregman B, Powsner S. Coordination of Care with Psychiatry. 2021, 397-407. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52520-0_39.Chapters
2015
Modern Psychiatric Emergency Care
Nordstrom K, Currier G, Allen M, Powsner S. Modern Psychiatric Emergency Care. 2015, 2473-2478. DOI: 10.1002/9781118753378.ch122.ChaptersConceptsPsychiatric emergency servicePsychiatric emergenciesEmergency departmentCommunity-based carePsychiatric emergency careMobile crisis servicesIll populationMedical attentionEmergency carePsychiatric patientsRespite facilityAlcohol intoxicationCrisis stabilizationPsychotic behaviorCrisis servicesTherapeutic focusCarePatientsAppropriate trainingEmergency servicesEmergencyBasic evaluationBrief therapyEncephalitisHospital
2014
Psychiatric Consultation in the Emergency Setting
Powsner S. Psychiatric Consultation in the Emergency Setting. 2014, 39-62. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-11005-9_5.ChaptersConceptsGeneral hospital wardsEmergency department staffPhysician-patient relationshipEmergency departmentEmergency settingPsychiatric consultationPsychiatric emergenciesHospital wardsDepartment staffTraditional physician-patient relationshipPatientsAppointment delaysPatients' rightsMost requestsVariety of reasonsWards
2013
Coordination of emergency department psychiatric care with psychiatry
Bregman B, Powsner S. Coordination of emergency department psychiatric care with psychiatry. 2013, 291-390. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781139088077.044.ChaptersConceptsCoordination of careEmergency departmentPatient safety activitiesIll patientsPatient outcomesPsychiatry cliniciansLiaison psychiatristPsychiatric carePsychiatric patientsPatientsPsychiatry practitionersQuality improvement endeavorsCareCliniciansEmergency medicinePractice environmentStaff wellCoordination teamSafety activitiesDepartmentTraining opportunitiesPsychiatricInterdisciplinary collaboration
2009
Internet Filtering and Psychiatric Investigation
Powsner S, Kennedy R. Internet Filtering and Psychiatric Investigation. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2009, 50: 639. DOI: 10.1016/s0033-3182(09)70869-2.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2007
The Emergency Department Setting
Powsner S. The Emergency Department Setting. 2007, 361-384. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-69255-5_26.ChaptersConcepts
2005
"Manufacturing vs repair" in health care.
Powsner S. "Manufacturing vs repair" in health care. JAMA 2005, 294: 2580. PMID: 16304071, DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.20.2580.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognition, copyright, and the classroom.
Powsner S, Powsner D. Cognition, copyright, and the classroom. The American Journal Of Psychiatry 2005, 162: 627-8. PMID: 15741491, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.3.627-a.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
honor President (2013-2016)
National AwardAmerican Association for Technology in PsychiatryDetails05/15/2013United Stateshonor President (2012-2014)
National AwardAmerican Association for Emergency PsychiatryDetails05/15/2012United Stateshonor Visiting Professor
National AwardAcademy of Psychosomatic MedicineDetails11/16/2000United States
Clinical Care
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Clinical Specialties
Board Certifications
Clinical Informatics
- Certification Organization
- AB of Preventive Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 2015
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- October 16, 2023
Wong and Team at Yale Emergency Medicine Receive $6.9 Million PCORI Award
- May 18, 2020
Physicians at Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital Launch Telehealth Services in Response to COVID-19
- May 22, 2017
Can better tech improve doctor-patient conversations? A case study with CAT scans in the ER
- February 08, 2016
Yale Psychiatry affiliates win awards at two hackathons
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