Clinical manual of emergency psychiatry
By: edited by Michelle B. Riba, Divy Ravindranath.
Contributors: Riba, Michelle B.; Ravindranath, Divy, 1977-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781585622955
Subjects: Psychiatric emergencies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Emergency Services, Psychiatric -- methods; Emergency Services, Psychiatric -- organization & administration; Mental Disorders -- diagnosis; Mental Disorders -- therapy
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Approach to psychiatric emergencies; title: The suicidal patient; title: Violence risk assessment; title: The catatonic patient; title: Depression, euphoria, and anger in the emergency department; title: The psychotic patient; title: The anxious patient; title: The cognitively impaired patient; title: Substance-related psychiatric emergencies; title: Child and adolescent emergency psychiatry; title: Seclusion and restraint in emergency settings; title: Legal and ethical issues in emergency psychiatry; title: Disposition and resource options; title: Getting from the clinic to the emergency room; title: Supervision of trainees in the psychiatric emergency service; title: Working with medical students in psychiatric emergency settings.