Emergencies in psychiatry / Basant K. Puri and Ian H. Treasaden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Puri, Basant K.

Contributor:

Treasaden, I. H.

Series:

Emergencies in-- series.

Emergencies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatric emergencies.

Psychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Emergencies in Psychiatry provides a practical and problem-orientated accessible guide for those who have to deal with psychiatric emergencies. This book contains guidance on how to assess and manage these emergencies and how to manoeuvre successfully though the practical difficulties that may arise, whilst also avoiding medical, psychiatric, and legal pitfalls. A variety of specific emergencies and emergencies in different settings are covered, such as aggression and violence,victims of abuse, emergencies related to drug addiction, people with learning disabilities, and emergencies in old age

Contents:

Contents; 1 The assessment of psychiatric emergencies; Emergency referrals; Telephone referrals; Interview arrangements; Sources of information; Major emergencies; The interview process; Mental state examination; Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE); Physical examination; Investigations; Telepsychiatry; 2 The management of psychiatric and medical emergencies; Emergency interventions; Delirium; General dystonic reactions; Oculogyric crisis; Neuroleptic malignant syndrome; Poisoning; Resuscitation; Wernicke's encephalopathy; Acute severe asthma

Diabetic ketoacidosis and other diabetic emergenciesNotifiable diseases; Needlestick injuries; Human bite wounds; 3 Psychiatric symptoms and syndromes presenting as emergencies; Acute psychoses; Endocrinopathies; Disorders presenting with anxiety and panic; Depressive and dysphoric symptomatology; Catatonic patients; 4 Aggression and violence; Schizophrenia and violence; Warning signs; Terminology; Checklist to aid assessment and management; Risk of violence among psychiatric inpatients; Assessment; Risk factors for violence have been recently usefully summarized; Management

Summary of management of aggression and violenceSafety in outpatient settings; Safety in the community; Burns; 5 Victims of abuse, violence, and disaster; Non-accidental injury of children; Consequences for adult functioning of childhood sexual abuse; Child abduction; Spouse abuse (replaces term wife-battering)/intimate partner violence; Elder abuse; Morbid jealousy (Othello syndrome); Erotomania (de Clérambault's syndrome); Stalking; Rape and sexual assault of women; Rape and sexual assault of men; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Acute stress reaction; Adjustment disorder

6 Homelessness, loneliness, and isolationPrevalence and factors associated with homelessness; Housing and mental health; Loneliness; Psychiatric disorders in homeless people; Management of homelessness; Legal framework of management; 7 Deliberate self-harm and suicide; Deliberate self-harm; Risk factors for suicide have been recently usefully summarized; Assessment of suicidal intent and risk of repetition; Management/prognosis/prevention of non-fatal deliberate self-harm; Association of suicide with psychiatric disorders; Association of suicide with physical disorders

Association with psychiatric hospitalizationAssociation with general practice consultation; National Confidential Enquiry into Suicide and Homicide in the UK; Association with antidepressant therapy; Referral pathways; Assessment and management; Discharge; Emergency assessment of capacity; 8 Alcohol misuse and dependence; Units of alcohol; Levels of consumption; Alcohol-related disabilities; Alcohol dependence; Assessment; Acute intoxication; Alcohol withdrawal; 9 Other psychoactive substance misuse; Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; Opioids; Management of opiate withdrawal; Cannabinoids

Sedatives and hypnotics

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-172630-3

1-283-58180-9

9786613894250

0-19-154621-6

OCLC:

801363520