This user-friendly resource presents a patient-centered approach to managing the growing incidence of major psychiatric emergencies in the outpatient setting. Abundant illustrations, tables, and algorithms guide you through the wide range of disorders discussed, and a color-coded outline format facilitates rapid access to essential information necessary for making a proper diagnosis for optimal management outcomes.
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1. The Suicidal Patient 2. The Severely Depressed Patient 3. The Violent Patient 4. The Acutely Anxious Patient 5. Mania 6. The Delirious Patient 7. Psychiatric Assessment 8. Geriatric Emergencies 9. Psychiatric Emergencies Related to Medical Illnesses 10. Childhood and Adolescent Emergencies 11. Psychiatric Aspects of Seizure Disorders 12. Schizophrenia and the Acutely Psychotic Patient 13. Personality Disorders and Psychiatric Emergencies 14. Victims of Abuse 15. Disasters and Extreme Traumas 16. Crisis Intervention and Debriefing 17. Drug and Alcohol Emergencies 18. Emergent Medications and Psychopharmacological Adverse Effects 19. Factitious Disorders/ Malingering / Drug-Seeking Behaviors 20. Medicolegal Aspects of Emergency Psychiatry 21. Spirituality
