Emergencies in Psychiatry provides a practical and problem-orientated accessible guide for those who have to deal with psychiatric emergencies. This book contains guidance on how to assess and manage these emergencies and how to manoeuvre successfully though the practical difficulties that may arise, whilst also avoiding medical, psychiatric, and legal pitfalls. A variety of specific emergencies and emergencies in different settings are covered, such as aggression and violence, victims of abuse, emergencies related to drug addiction, people with learning disabilities, and emergencies in old age psychiatry and primary care.

Introduction

1. The Assessment of Psychiatric Emergencies
2. The Management of Psychiatric and Medical Emergencies
3. Psychiatric Symptoms and Syndromes Presenting as Emergencies
4. Aggression and Violence
5. Victims of Abuse, Violence, and Disaster
6. Homelessness and Loneliness
7. Deliberate Self-harm
8. Alcohol Misuse and Dependence
9. Other Psychoactive Substance Misuse
10. Emergencies Related to Psychotropic Drug Actions
11. Psychiatric Emergencies in Accident and Emergency Departments
12. Psychiatric Emergencies in General Hospital Medical Wards
13. Psychiatric Emergencies in Surgical, Radiotherapy, Oncology and Terminally-ill Patients,
14. Psychiatric Emergencies in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
15. Psychiatric Emergencies in Children and Adolescents
16. Psychiatric Emergencies in People With Learning Disabilities
17. Emergencies in Old-age Psychiatry
18. Psychiatric Emergencies in Primary Care
19. Difficult Patients and Difficult Situations
20. Assertive Outreach, Crisis Resolution and Intensive Home Treatment, and Early Intervention Services
21. Emergencies in Forensic Psychiatry
22. Mental Health Legislation Relevant to Emergencies in Psychiatry

...a useful read...[that] delivers a great deal of information...about psychiatric emergencies. Doody's Notes