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A case-based approach to emergency psychiatry / edited by Katherine Maloy.

Contributor(s): Maloy, Katherine, 1975- [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 224 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780190250843 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Psychiatric emergencies | Crisis intervention (Mental health services) | Health and Fitness | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 616.8'9'025 Summary: Working in an emergency department as a psychiatrist or mental health clinician requires an ability to gain a patient's rapport, establish a differential diagnosis, assess risk and make disposition decisions in a fast-paced and potentially chaotic setting. Patients may be medically ill, agitated, intoxicated, or suicidal, and resources for treatment may be difficult to access. 'A Case-Based Approach to Emergency Psychiatry' provides the emergency department clinician with vivid and complex cases, discussed by psychiatrists who work daily in the emergency setting, that illustrate basic principles of assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
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Working in an emergency department as a psychiatrist or mental health clinician requires an ability to gain a patient's rapport, establish a differential diagnosis, assess risk and make disposition decisions in a fast-paced and potentially chaotic setting. Patients may be medically ill, agitated, intoxicated, or suicidal, and resources for treatment may be difficult to access. 'A Case-Based Approach to Emergency Psychiatry' provides the emergency department clinician with vivid and complex cases, discussed by psychiatrists who work daily in the emergency setting, that illustrate basic principles of assessment, diagnosis and treatment.

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