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Emergency psychiatry is a broad field, covering situations in which a psychiatric problem, if untreated, could cause immediate harm to the patient or others. This book is a valuable, in-depth resource that is robustly rooted in clinical practice. Engaging and readable, it explores in practical detail topics often excluded from mainstream texts. Each chapter is written by an experienced clinician from that specialty. Topics covered include: Emergencies in child and adolescent psychiatry Violence and aggression Suicide risk Situations involving substance misuse Emergencies in liaison psychiatry…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Emergency psychiatry is a broad field, covering situations in which a psychiatric problem, if untreated, could cause immediate harm to the patient or others. This book is a valuable, in-depth resource that is robustly rooted in clinical practice. Engaging and readable, it explores in practical detail topics often excluded from mainstream texts. Each chapter is written by an experienced clinician from that specialty. Topics covered include: Emergencies in child and adolescent psychiatry Violence and aggression Suicide risk Situations involving substance misuse Emergencies in liaison psychiatry Acute side-effects of antipsychotics Perinatal psychiatric emergencies Readership: This is a useful resource for all junior doctors (especially core psychiatric trainees), nurses and multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals.
Autorenporträt
Editor: Dr Kevin Nicholls - Independent Consultant Psychiatrist, Welshpool, Powys (Wales). He has held NHS consultant psychiatrist posts in Telford from 1998 and Montgomeryshire from 2005. Since retiring in 2012 he has undertaken locum work for the NHS, the private sector and the Ministry of Defence. He specialises in locum and court reports/expert witness work and his current employment is for the services veterans' charity Combat Stress.