PeterLForsterMD

PubMed

• 41 citations
  Lithium for irritability in post-traumatic stress disorder
  Peter Forster, Frank B. Schoenfeld, Charles R. Marmar, Ariel J. Lang
  Journal of Traumatic Stress. 1995-01-01
• 41 citations
  Staff training decreases use of seclusion and restraint in an acute psychiatric hospital.
  Peter L. Forster, Cleve Cavness, Molly A. Phelps
  Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 1999-10-01
• 14 citations
  The effect on treatment outcomes of assigning patients to ethnically focused inpatient psychiatric units.
  Carol A. Mathews, David V. Glidden, Stephen Murray, Peter Forster, William A. Hargreaves
  Psychiatric Services. 2002-07-01

Journal Articles

• Commentary: Treating Anxiety in the ED in an Age of Anxiety  
  Forster P, Psychiatric Issues in Emergency Care Settings, 1/1/2008
• Measuring Community Preferences for Public Mental Health Services: Pilot Test of a Mail Survey Method  
  Shumway, M., Unick G., McConnell, W., Catalano, R. & Forster, P, Community Mental Health Journal, 1/1/2004
• Psychiatric Emergency Services and the System of Care  
  Catalano, R., McConnell, W., Forster, P., McFarland, B., & Thornton, D, Psychiatric Services, 1/1/2003
• The Effect on Treatment Outcomes of Assigning Patients to Ethnically Focused Inpatient Psychiatric Units  
  Mathews, C.A., Glidden, D., Murray, S., Forster, P., & Hargreaves, W, Psychiatric Services, 1/1/2002
• Managing the Agitated Psychotic Patient: An Update  
  Forster, P, Emergency Psychiatry, 1/1/2002
• Emergency Psychiatry and the Suicidal Patient  
  Forster, P.& Bilsker, D, Crisis, 1/1/2002
• Traumatic Stress and Natural Disasters: Implications for Psychiatric Emergency Services  
  Forster, P. & Wu, L, Journal of Emergency Psychiatry, 1/1/2001
• Treatment of Agitated Acute Psychosis  
  Allen, M.H., Currier, G.W., Forster, P.& Hughes, D, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Audiograph Series, 1/1/2000
• Assessment of Psychotic Symptoms: Distinguishing Between Functional and Medically Induced Psychosis  
  Phelps, M. & Forster, P, Crisis Intervention, 1/1/2000
• Mental Health Services in San Francisco  
  Forster, P. & DeRanieri, A., San Francisco Medicine, 1/1/1999
• Phenomenology and Treatment of Psychotic Disorders in the Psychiatric Emergency Service  
  Forster, P., Buckley, R., & Phelps, M.A., Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 1/1/1999
• Tennessee Managed Care Effort Raises Questions about For-Profit HMO’s  
  Forster, P. & Roberts, D., Journal of Emergency Psychiatry, 1/1/1999
• Involuntary Outpatient Commitment: Will it Stop the Revolving Door?  
  Forster, P. & Roberts, D, Journal of Emergency Psychiatry, 1/1/1999
• Staff Training Decreases Use of Seclusion and Restraint in an Acute Psychiatric Hospital  
  Forster, P., Cavness, C., & Phelps, M.A., Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 1/1/1999
• Taking Stock in the Era of Policy: The Origins, Present and Potential of Psychiatric Emergency Services  
  Forster, P, Emergency Psychiatry and Mental Health Policy: An International Point of View., 1/1/1998
• Comprehensive Crisis Triage Centers: Do the Ends Justify the Means?  
  Forster, P. & Roberts, D, Journal of Emergency Psychiatry, 1/1/1998
• Taking Stock in the Era of Crises: The Past, Present, and Potential of Psychiatric Emergency Services  
  Forster, P., Hom, A., & King. J.R., International Association for Emergency Psychiatry Monograph, 1/1/1998
• Consumers and Managed Care Ally to Oppose Involuntary Treatment  
  Prasad, S. & Forster, P., Journal of Emergency Psychiatry, 1/1/1996
• Managed Care and Acute Psychiatry: National Update  
  Forster, P. & Prasad, S., Journal of Emergency Psychiatry, 1/1/1996
• Current Concepts in Treating Bipolar Disorder  
  Bowden, C.L., Brady, K.T., Forster, P.L., Goodwin, F.K., & Tohen, M., Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1/1/1996
• Medications in Emergencies: In Reply  
  Forster, P. & King, J., Psychiatric Services, 1/1/1995
• Lithium for Irritability in PTSD  
  Forster, P., Schoenfeld, F., Marmar, C., & Lang, A.J., Journal of Traumatic Stress, 1/1/1995
• Mental Health Fights Back Against Managed Care  
  Phelps, M. & Forster, P., Journal of Emergency Psychiatry, 1/1/1995
• Traumatic Stress Reactions and the Psychiatric Emergency  
  Forster, P, Psychiatric Annals, 1/1/1994
• Accurate Assessment of Short-term Suicide Risk in a Crisis  
  Forster, P, Psychiatric Annals, 1/1/1994
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Books/Book Chapters

• Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences 
  Chapter: Bipolar Disorder. 
  Page 420 - 424Forster PEditors: Aminoff M.J. and Daroff R.B..Academic Press, OxfordEdition 2nd,2014
• Emergency Psychiatry 
  Chapter: Assessment and Treatment of the Suicidal Patient in an Emergency Setting. 
  Page 75 - 113Forster, P.& Wu, LEditors: M.H. Allen.American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.2002
• Emergency Psychiatry in a Changing World 
  Chapter: Emergency Psychiatry and Social Control. 
  Page 91 - 94Forster, PEditors: De Clercq, M., Andreoli, A., LaMarre, S., & Forster, P.Elsevier1999
• Emergency Psychiatry in a Changing World 
  Chapter: Acute Crisis Treatment of the Dual-Diagnosis Patient: The Mental Health and Substance-Abuse Services Interface. 
  Page 355 - 358Forster, PEditors: De Clercq, M., Andreoli, A., LaMarre, S., & Forster, P.Elsevier1999
• International Association for Emergency Psychiatry Monograph. 
  Chapter: Acute or Crisis Treatment of the Dual Diagnosis Patient: The Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Interface. 
  Forster, PEditors: M. De Clercq.1998
• International Association for Emergency Psychiatry Monograph. 
  Chapter: Emergency Psychiatry and Social Control. 
  Forster, PEditors: M. De Clercq.1998
• Clinical Response to Community Trauma and Disaster 
  Chapter: Acute Reactions to Community Trauma and Disaster. 
  Forster, PEditors: Austin, L..APA Press, Washington, DC1992
• The Role of Benzodiazepines in the Management of Anxiety Disorders. 
  Chapter: Benefits and Risks of Benzodiazepines in Acute Stress Reactions. 
  Forster, P. & Marmar, CEditors: Roy-Byrne, P.APA Press, Washington, DC1990
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Abstracts/Posters

• Integrating Medical and Psychiatric Emergency Services
  Forster, P, Japanese Association for Emergency Psychiatry, Hiroshima, Japan, 10/1/2006
• Best Practices in the Preventions of Suicide in a Community Mental Health System
  Forster, P, American Association of Community Psychiatrists, Winter Conference, Honolulu, HI, 1/1/2004
• Successful Transitions from Acute Services to Community Care (Symposium Chairperson)
  Forster, P, American Psychiatric Association –55th Institute on Psychiatric Services, Boston, MA, 10/1/2003
• Suicide Prevention from a Systems Perspective.
  Forster, P, AACP Winter Conference, Charlottesville, VA, 1/1/2003
• Best Practices with Agitation Development.
  Forster, P, 12th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Clinical Neuropsychopharmacology Satellite Symposium, 10/1/2002
• Emergency Psychiatry in a New Mental Health System: Quality vs. Efficiency, Structures vs. Networks.
  Forster, P, International Association for Emergency Psychiatry 6th World Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 6/1/2002
• Suicide (Co-Chair)
  Forster, P, International Association for Emergency Psychiatry North American Delegation, Barcelona, Spain, 6/1/2002
• Legal and Ethical Foundation of Psychiatric Emergency Services (Chairperson)
  Forster, P, International Association for Emergency Psychiatry 6th World Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 6/1/2002
• Standards for Emergency Psychiatric Services (Chairperson)
  Forster, P, International Association for Emergency Psychiatry 6th World Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 6/1/2002
• Transcultural Issues in Emergency Psychiatry (Co-Chair)
  Forster, P, International Association for Emergency Psychiatry 6th World Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 6/1/2002
• Academic and Community Mental Health: Can This Marriage Be Saved? (Symposium Chair)
  Forster, P, American Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2002
• Update on Suicide
  Forster, P, American Association for Emergency Psychiatry, Current Issues in Psychiatric Emergency Services Tools for Assessment, Management, and Change, Milwaukee, WI, 1/1/2002
• Substance Abuse and the Risk of Suicide
  Forster, P, AACP Winter Conference, Tucson, AZ, 1/1/2002
• Assessment and Treatment of the Acutely Psychotic Patient
  Forster, P, Japanese Association of Emergency Psychiatry, Yokohoma City, Japan, 11/1/2001
• The Agitated Patients: A Video Study of Real Life in the ED
  Forster, P, American Community for Emergency Physicians, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2001
• Prevention and Management of Agitation and Aggressive Behaviors
  Forster, P, American Association for Emergency Psychiatry, Houston, TX, 1/1/2001
• Developing a Continuum of Crisis Services in Community Mental Health (Symposium Chairperson)
  Forster, P, American Psychiatric Association –52nd Institute on Psychiatric Services, Philadelphia, PA, 10/1/2000
• Academic Detailing of Community Psychiatrists: Implementing Treatment Guidelines
  Forster, P, American Psychiatric Association – 51st Institute on Psychiatric Services, New Orleans, LA, 10/1/1999
• Factors Associated with Changes in Psychiatric Emergency Service Visits
  Forster, P, American Psychiatric Association – 51st Institute on Psychiatric Services, New Orleans, LA, 10/1/1999
• Innovative Pharmacy Services in Community Mental Health Centers (Symposium Chairperson)
  Forster, P, American Psychiatric Association – 51st Institute on Psychiatric Services, New Orleans, LA, 10/1/1999
• Suicide in San Francisco
  Forster, P, Department of Public Health and United Behavioral Health Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/1999
• Emergency Psychiatry and Social Control
  Forster, P, International Association for Emergency Psychiatry, Brussels, Belgium, 10/1/1998
• Acute or Crisis Treatment of the Dual Diagnosis Patient
  Forster, P, International Association for Emergency Psychiatry, Brussels, Belgium, 10/1/1998
• Assessment and Definitive Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in an Acute Care Setting
  Forster, P, Medical University of South Carolina- Emergency Psychiatry/ Mobile Crisis Program; Southern Regional Emergency Psychiatry Symposium, Charleston, SC, 10/1/1997
• Acute Crisis Treatment of the Dual Diagnosis Patient
  Forster, P, American Psychiatric Association- 49th Institute on Psychiatric Services, Washington, DC, 10/1/1997
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Lectures

• DSM-5 Training for Psychiatrists 
  San Francisco, CA - 6/1/2013
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: An Update 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2013
• Bipolar versus Borderline Personality Disorder 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2012
• PTSD and Bipolar Disorder 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2011
• Uses and Abuses of the Internet in Psychiatry 
  Monterey, CA - 3/1/2010
• Evidence Based Dual Diagnosis Treatment 
  San Francisco, CA - 3/1/2009
• Mixed States 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2009
• Out of the Abyss: Building Positive Emotions and Self-Esteem in Bipolar Depression 
  Monterey, CA - 1/1/2008
• Psychobiological Approaches to Bipolar 
  Concord, CA - 1/1/2008
• Integrated Treatment of Patients with Mood Disorders 
  Squaw Creek, CA - 1/1/2007
• Evaluation of San Mateo Medical Center Acute Psychiatric Services 
  San Mateo Medical Center, San Mateo, CA - 1/1/2003
• Sentinel Events in Psychiatry 
  Napa State Hospital, Napa, CA - 1/1/2002
• Hope for the Suicidal Patient 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2002
• Developing Effective Emergency Services 
  Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA - 1/1/2001
• Assessment and Treatment of the Acutely Psychotic Patient 
  Harbor View Medical Center, Seattle, WA - 1/1/2001
• Assertive Community Treatment 
  Honolulu, HI - 1/1/2001
• Strategic Implications: Expanding Role Antilepilepic Agents in Bipolar Disorder 
  Honolulu, HI - 1/1/2001
• Improving Revenue in the NeuroPsychiatric Center 
  Houston, TX - 1/1/2001
• Saitama Medical School 
  Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan - 1/1/2001
• Innovative PES and Rapid Stabilization 
  University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK - 1/1/2001
• Difficult Patient with Somatization 
  Seattle Veterans Administration Hospital, Seattle, WA - 1/1/2001
• Clinical Information Systems for Mental Health 
  Sacramento, CA - 1/1/2001
• Innovative Psychiatric ER Services 
  New York, NY - 1/1/2000
• Neurobiology of Depression 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2000
• Treatment of Psychosis and the Suicidal Patient 
  Jacobi Medical Center, Jacobi, NY - 1/1/2000
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