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Decision Making in Behavioral Emergencies : Acquiring Skill in Evaluating and Managing High-Risk Patients /

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"In this volume, I describe a model for acquiring skill and attaining competence in evaluating and managing behavioral emergencies. The model involves having a knowledge base as described in the book by Kleespies (2009), but beyond that it requires considerably more. Thus, it involves learning...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kleespies, Phillip M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2014.
Subjects:
Psychiatric emergencies.
Crisis intervention (Mental health services)
Mental illness > Risk factors.
Mental illness.
Crisis Intervention
Mental Disorders
Risk Factors
Emergency Services, Psychiatric
Urgences en psychiatrie.
Intervention en situation de crise (Santé mentale)
Maladies mentales > Facteurs de risque.
Maladies mentales.
mental disorders.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
PSYCHOLOGY > Clinical Psychology.
Mental illness
Mental illness > Risk factors
Psychiatric emergencies
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Evaluating and managing behavioral emergencies and crises: an overview
  • Decision-making under stress: theoretical and empirical bases
  • Training to reduce stress in dealing with behavioral emergencies
  • Mental practice for decision-making during behavioral emergencies
  • The use of decision support tools in behavioral emergencies
  • Training for decision-making with experience near or actual behavioral emergencies
  • The stress of legal and ethical issues in high risk cases
  • Coping with the emotional aftermath of negative events.