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A Free Online Video Series Teaching Verbal De-escalation for Agitated Patients

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Matthew Cook and Sharon Campbell of the School of Medicine for their technical expertise.

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This work was funded by a Rymer Small Grant from the University of Colorado School of Medicine Academy of Medical Educators.

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    Scott A. Simpson & Melanie Rylander

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    Scott A. Simpson, Joseph Sakai & Melanie Rylander

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Dr. Simpson wrote a textbook on clinical interviewing published by Routledge (2019). Drs. Sakai and Rylander report no potential conflicts of interest.

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Simpson, S.A., Sakai, J. & Rylander, M. A Free Online Video Series Teaching Verbal De-escalation for Agitated Patients. Acad Psychiatry 44, 208–211 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-019-01155-2

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