Acute psychiatric emergencies : a practical approach /

"The Acute Psychiatric Emergencies (APEx) 1st edition was published in February 2020. With ongoing changes to legislation and following feedback from running the course for the past few years, the Working Group feel that a new edition is required in order to ensure that the material is up-to-da...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Buchanan, Mark (Consultant in emergency medicine) (Editor), Longson, Damian (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2025.
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Psychiatric emergencies. Crisis intervention (Mental health services) Emergency Services, Psychiatric Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Structured approach to acute psychiatric emergencies
Primary unified assessment and immediate psychiatric management
Secondary physical and psychosocial assessment
Mental state examination
The patient who has harmed themselves
Organic causes for behavioural disturbances
The acutely confused patient (including delirium)
The intoxicated patient?
The aggressive patient
Special circumstances
Legal aspects of emergency psychiatry
Getting it right : non-technical skills
The patient experience.