Emergencies in psychiatry / Basant K. Puri and Ian H. Treasaden.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The assessment of psychiatric emergencies -- The management of psychiatric and medical emergencies -- Psychiatric symptoms and syndromes presenting as emergencies -- Aggression and violence -- Victims of abuse, violence, and disaster -- Homelessness, loneliness, and isolation -- Deliberate self-harm and suicide -- Alcohol misuse and dependence -- Other psychoactive substance misuse -- Emergencies related to psychotropic drug actions -- Psychiatric emergencies in accident and emergency departments -- Psychiatric emergencies in general hospital medical wards -- Psychiatric emergencies in surgical, radiotherapy, oncology, and terminally ill patients -- Psychiatric emergencies in obstetrics and gynaecology -- Psychiatric emergencies in children and adolescents -- Psychiatric emergencies in people with learning disabilities -- Emergencies in old-age psychiatry -- Emergencies in psychiatry in primary care -- Assertive outreach, crisis resolution, and intensive home treatment teams, and early intervention services -- Mental health legislation relevant to emergencies in psychiatry -- Difficult patients and difficult situations -- Emergencies in forensic psychiatry.

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Of management of aggression and violenceSafety in outpatient settings; Safety in the community; Burns; 5 Victims of abuse, violence, and disaster; Non-accidental injury of children; Consequences for adult functioning of childhood sexual abuse; Child abduction; Spouse abuse (replaces term wife-battering)/intimate partner violence; Elder abuse; Morbid jealousy (Othello syndrome); Erotomania (de Clérambault's syndrome); Stalking; Rape and sexual assault of women; Rape and sexual assault of men; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Acute stress reaction; Adjustment disorder.

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.

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