
Behavioral emergencies for the emergency physician / editor-in-chief, Leslie S. Zun ; assistant editors, Lara G. Chepenik, Mary Nan S. Mallory.
- 其他作者:
- 出版: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press c2013.
- 叢書名: Cambridge medicine
- 主題: Emergency Services, Psychiatric , Mental Disorders--diagnosis , Mental Disorders--therapy
- ISBN: 9781107018488 (pbk): NT2022 、 110701848X (pbk)
- 一般註:Includes bibliographical references and index
-
讀者標籤:
- 系統號: 000241506 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊

Emergency physicians, in all practice settings, care for patients with both undifferentiated psycho-behavioral presentations and established psychiatric illness. This reference-based text goes beyond diagnostics, providing practical input from physicians experienced with adult emergency psychiatric patients. Physicians will increase their understanding and gain confidence working with these patients, even when specialized psychiatric back-up is lacking. Behavioral Emergencies for the Emergency Physician is comprehensive, covering the pre-hospital setting and advising on evidence-based practice; from collaborating with psychiatric colleagues to establishing a psychiatric service in your ED. Sedation, restraint and seclusion are outlined. Potential dilemmas when treating pregnant, geriatric or homeless patients with mental illness are discussed in detail, along with the more challenging behavioral diagnoses such as malingering, factitious and personality disorders. This go-to, comprehens




