Hani R. Khouzam, Doris Tiu Tan, Tirath S. Gill

Handbook of Emergency Psychiatry

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents a patient-centered approach to managing the incidence of major psychiatric emergencies in the outpatient setting. This text guides you through a range of disorders discussed, and a color-coded outline format facilitates access to essential information necessary for making a proper diagnosis for optimal management outcomes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Health Science / Mosby
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2009-0-33972-0
• Seitenzahl: 688
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 187mm x 111mm x 187mm
• Gewicht: 657g
• ISBN-13: 9780323040884
• Artikelnr.: 21587918

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Suicidal Patient

2. The Severely Depressed Patient

3. The Violent Patient

4. The Acutely Anxious Patient

5. Mania

6. The Delirious Patient

7. Psychiatric Assessment

8. Geriatric Emergencies

9. Psychiatric Emergencies Related to Medical Illnesses

10. Childhood and Adolescent Emergencies

11. Psychiatric Aspects of Seizure Disorders

12. Schizophrenia and the Acutely Psychotic Patient

13. Personality Disorders and Psychiatric Emergencies

14. Victims of Abuse

15. Disasters and Extreme Traumas

16. Crisis Intervention and Debriefing

17. Drug and Alcohol Emergencies

18. Emergent Medications and Psychopharmacological Adverse Effects

19. Factitious Disorders/ Malingering / Drug-Seeking Behaviors

20. Medicolegal Aspects of Emergency Psychiatry

21. Spirituality