TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Psychiatric Emergencies A1 - Moore, Catherine Porter A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. PY - 2014 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e AB - In all cases of psychiatric emergencies, organic disease etiology must be ruled out!The majority of adolescents are relieved to discuss psychiatric issues and actively seek treatment.It is essential to introduce community resources such as crisis lines, substance abuse resources, and centers to patients and families.Suicide is common in adolescents: 20% to 25% of American adolescents have considered suicide seriously, 9% have attempted, and it is the third leading cause of death in 15- to 24-year olds and fifth in 5- to 14-year olds.Suicide National Hotline: 1-800-suicide.Schizophrenia tends to run in families.Conversion/somatization disorder is characterized by the presence of apparent physical disease that cannot be delineated organically and has pathologic origination in the psyche, which may present as abdominal pain, respiratory difficulty (paradoxical vocal cord dysfunction), pseudoseizures, and other somatoform disorders. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/07 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105688260 ER -