Handbook of emergency psychiatry / Hani R. Khouzam, Tirath S. Gill, Doris Tiu Tan.
Material type: TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Elsevier Mosby, 2007.Description: 688 p. : illISBN:- 9780323040884 (pbk.) :
- 9780323040884
- Psychiatric emergencies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Crisis intervention (Mental health services) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Accident & emergency medicine
- Psychiatry
- Health and Wellbeing
- Mental Disorders -- diagnosis -- Handbooks
- Mental Disorders -- therapy -- Handbooks
- Emergency Services, Psychiatric -- methods -- Handbooks
- 616.89025 KHO
- RC480.6 .H364 2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Crisis intervention --2. Assessment of psychiatric emergencies--3. Medications for psychiatric emergencies -- 4. Emergency psychiatric manifestations of medical conditions-- 5. The delirious patient -- 6. The suicidal patient --7. The severely depressed patient -- 8. The acutely manic patient --9. The violent patient -- 10. The acutely psychotic patient -- 11. The acutely anxious patient --12. The personality-disordered patient --13. The chronically somatizing patient --14. The alcohol-dependent patient and related emergencies --15. The drug-abusing patient and related emergencies --16. Psychiatric Aspects of seizure disorders-- 17. The Geriatric patient--18. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Emergencies--19. Victims of domestic abuse and rape--20. The patient with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder--21. Emergency Psychiatric Care of Survivors of Natural Disasters and Terrorism--22. Emergency Psychiatry and Medications--23. Medical and Legal Aspects of Emergency Psychiatry--24. Religious and Spiritual Dimensions of Psychiatric Emergencies--25. Psychiatric Emergencies Not Otherwise Classified.
This user-friendly text presents a patient-centered approach to managing the incidence of major psychiatric emergencies in the outpatient setting. It guides you through a range of disorders, and a colour-coded outline format facilitates access to essential information for making a diagnosis for optimal management outcomes.