Emergency psychiatry
By: Randy Hillard, Brook Zitek.
Contributors: Zitek, Brook.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Emergency Services, Psychiatric -- methods -- Handbooks; Diagnosis, Differential -- Handbooks; Mental Disorders -- diagnosis -- Handbooks; Mental Disorders -- therapy -- Handbooks
Genres: Handbooks.
Description: Presents essentials of emergency management of acutely ill psychiatric patients, for psychiatrists, emergency room personnel, neurologists, and residents on rotation or in training. Early chapters provide an introduction to basic principles of emergency psychiatry, while the rest of the book addresses the unique features of various psychiatric disorders and situations encountered in emergency psychiatry.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.