Handbook of Emergency Psychiatry

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

Overview

This user-friendly resource presents a patient-centered approach to managing the growing incidence of major psychiatric emergencies in the outpatient setting. Abundant illustrations, tables, and algorithms guide you through the wide range of disorders discussed, and a color-coded outline format facilitates rapid access to essential information necessary for making a proper diagnosis for optimal management outcomes.

• Organizes information by patient presentation to help you distinguish among conditions that present with similar symptoms.
• Discusses medical conditions presenting with psychiatric symptoms, where appropriate.
• Highlights critical information in "Hazard Signs" boxes for quick, at-a-glance review.
• Uses acronyms and memory aids to enhance recall of information in moments of crisis.
• Features a chapter discussing the psychiatric effects of bioterrorism.
• Offers an Improved Suicide Risk Scale with criteria on impulsivity, plan, and lethal level of attempt.
• Provides valuable tips on interviewing and interacting with patients in various situations, as techniques will vary from depressed suicidal patients to manic and potentially assaultive individuals.
• Includes appendixes that discuss common psychiatric medications used and important lab values in the ER.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323076616
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	03/01/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	688
File size:	5 MB

Table of Contents

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

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From the Publisher

Make the proper diagnosis for any major psychiatric emergency seen in an outpatient setting.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Regina Rosa Lopez, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)
Description: This handbook covers the assessment and treatment of geriatric, adult, child, and adolescent patients in the psychiatric emergency setting, following a biopsychosocial approach to immediate as well as long-term treatment plans.
Purpose: According to the authors, the purpose is to complement existing books on this topic and to provide more information as well as in-depth discussions. These are worthy objectives. As the author points out though, certain chapters are similar in content to psychiatric textbooks. The objective to serve as a comprehensive and practical text in emergency psychiatry is met, although this makes it less of a handbook.
Audience: This book is written not only for psychiatrists, but also for psychiatry residents, medical students, and clinicians who may be involved in the treatment of psychiatric patients in and out of the emergency setting. It is appropriate for psychiatrists and psychiatry residents.
Features: It primarily covers definitions, epidemiology, clinical characteristics, assessment, and the pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment of various psychiatric conditions in the emergency setting. In addition, crisis intervention, general psychiatric assessment, medications for general psychiatric emergencies, and the emergency psychiatric manifestations of medical conditions are covered. Two chapters are devoted to PTSD and the emergency psychiatric care for victims and survivors of terrorism and natural disasters. The emergency psychiatric manifestations of medical conditions are covered particularly well. Tables, figures, boxes, acronyms, mnemonics, and scales are unique features. The book is easy to read and understand. One shortcoming is that the pharmacology portions do not reference specific evidence-based literature. Also, some topics, like child and adolescent psychiatric emergencies, are not as well covered as others.
Assessment: This is a comprehensive book for the assessment and treatment of psychiatric problems in the emergency setting. Other handbooks, such as Pocket Handbook of Emergency Psychiatry Medicine, Kaplan and Sadock (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1993), use a presenting clinical problem approach to diagnosing and treating psychiatric emergencies. This approach provides a quick reference that is more practical in the emergency setting.

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