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Information

Publisher

Elsevier

Year

2018

ISBN

9780323547215

Edition

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Psychiatry & Mental Health

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Structure of the Book
Chapter 1: Approach to Emergency Psychiatric Evaluation
Chapter 2: The Role of the On-Call Psychiatric Consultant
Chapter 3: Psychodynamic Issues
Chapter 4: Telephone Consultations
Chapter 5: Seclusion and Restraint
Chapter 6: Assessment of Capacity and Other Legal Issues
Chapter 7: The Difficult Patient
Chapter 8: Emergency Evaluation of Children and Adolescents
Chapter 9: The Agitated Patient
Chapter 10: The Anxious Patient
Chapter 11: The Violent Patient
Chapter 12: The Suicidal Patient
Chapter 13: The Psychotic Patient
Chapter 14: The Confused Patient: Delirium and Dementia
Chapter 15: Movement Disorders
Chapter 16: Barriers to Communication: Mutism and Other Problems With Speech and Communication
Chapter 17: Physical and Sexual Trauma
Chapter 18: The Pregnant Patient
Chapter 19: Intoxication
Chapter 20: Substance Withdrawal
Chapter 21: Insomnia
Chapter 22: Headache
Chapter 23: Chest Pain
Chapter 24: Nausea and Vomiting
Chapter 25: Fever
Chapter 26: Seizures
Chapter 27: Falls
Chapter 28: Blood Pressure Changes
Chapter 29: Telepsychiatry
Chapter 30: Cross-Cultural Issues
Appendix A: MoCA
Appendix B: Mental Status Exam
Appendix C: Medical Conditions Manifesting as Psychiatric Disorders
Appendix D: Neurologic Examination
Appendix E: Urine Toxicology
Appendix F: Substance Detoxification Regimens
Appendix G: Abuse and Neglect of Children and Elders
Index