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Emergencies in Psychiatry
Puri, Treasaden
2008
Published by Oxford University Press
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. 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. Assertive outreach, crisis resolution and intensive home treatment, and early intervention services 20. Mental health legislation relevant to emergencies in psychiatry 21. Difficult patients and difficult situations 22. Emergencies in forensic psychiatry
Concise guide to the practical management of psychiatric emergencies in the familiar Oxford Handbook format.
Not everything here is an emergency!
