Emergency psychiatry [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Assessment and general approach / Patrick Triplett and J. Raymond Depaulo -- Management of agitation and violence / Mustapha Saheed -- Suicide assessments / Holly C. Wilcox, Annette L. Beautrais, and Gregory Luke Larkin -- Managing substance abuse in the acute setting / Arjun Chanmugam, David Milzman, Curtis Bone -- Psychosis / Paul Rega -- The delirious patient / Sharon Bord -- The anxious patient / Ashley D. Bone and O. Joseph Bienvenu -- Mood disorders / Eric Anderson -- Personality disorders / Frederick Houts and Glenn Triesman -- Legal issues in the care of psychiatric patients in the emergency department / Cynthia Major-Lewis [and others] -- Geriatric psychiatry / Patrick Triplett and Crystal Watkins -- Issues in pediatric psychiatric emergency care / Emily Frosch and Patrick Kelly -- The evaluation of intellectual and developmental disabilities in the acute setting / Lisa Hovermale [and others] -- Emergency management of eating disorder / Graham W. Redgrave, James Harrison, Angela S. Guarda -- The acute management of patients with psychiatric complications of chronic illness or chronic pain / Michael Clark and Glenn Triesman -- Death and dying / Catherine A. Marco and Valerie R. Lint -- The emergency management of women with psychiatric illness / Karen Schwartz -- The impact of culture on the acute management of psychiatric illness / Geetha Jayaram -- Understanding the psychology of difficult patients / Roshni I. Thakore.

Print version record.

A rapid reference for management of patients with psychiatric disorders for emergency department physicians, primary care and acute care providers.

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