Emergency Psychiatry and Mental Health Policy: An International Point of View

The provision of health services does not appear to meet the needs of the population and it is clear that strategies implemented by the majo rity of countries healthcare systems are not offering adequate solutio ns to deal with the problem facing modern societies today. Thus, Emer gency Psychiatry and Mental Health Policy, an international perspectiv e on emergency psychiatry will fill the need. It contains comprehensi ve compilation of experiences and opinions from individuals who suffer from psychiatric disorder. Their reports serve as a catalyst that wi ll facilitate the development of emergency psychiatry which in turn wi ll be beneficial to general psychiatry and to medicine as a whole. Th is volume testifies to the rich experiences acquired and the increase in the specific interventions and the techniques required to treat psy chiatric problems. Emergency Psychiatry and Mental Health Policy reve als the methological and ideological variety that characterizes emerge ncy psychiatry