RT Book, Section
A1 Brown, Eric J.
A1 Whelan, Lori
A2 Stone, C. Keith
A2 Humphries, Roger L.
SR Print(0)
ID 55759323
T1 Chapter 49. Psychiatric Emergencies
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Emergency Medicine, 7e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-0-07-170107-5
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55759323
RD 2024/04/24
AB Psychiatric  emergencies  are  acute  changes  in  behavior  that  negatively  impact  a  patient's  ability  to  function  in  his  or  her  environment.  Often  such  patients  are  in  a  state  of  crisis  in  which  their  baseline  coping  mechanisms  have  been  overwhelmed  by  real  or  perceived  circumstances.  In  dealing  with  such  emergencies,  the  emergency  physician  faces  many  challenges  and  must  prioritize  his  or  her  clinical  efforts  toward  four  main  concerns.