Acute psychiatric emergencies. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: ALSG.
• Authors: Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG)
• Other Names: Advanced Life Support Group (Manchester, England), issuing body.
• Contents: Working group vi Contributors viii Foreword ix Preface and acknowledgements xi Contact details and website information xii How to use your textbook xiii 1 Structured approach to acute psychiatric emergencies 1 2 Primary unified assessment and immediate psychiatric management 5 3 Secondary physical and psychosocial assessment 13 4 The patient who has harmed themselves 19 5 The apparently drunk patient 37 6 The patient behaving strangely 51 7 The acutely confused patient 63 8 The aggressive patient 75 9 Legal aspects of emergency psychiatry 91 10 Human factors 97 11 The patient experience 107 Index 111
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Chichester : Wiley Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.89025; Psychiatric emergencies; Crisis intervention (Mental health services)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119501084
• Related ISBNs: 9781119501077
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