Manual of Psychiatric Emergencies

by Hyman, Steven E.

• ISBN13: 9780316387194
• ISBN10: 0316387193
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-06-01
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co

Table of Contents

Preface
Contributing Authors
The Emergency Psychiatric Evaluation, Including the Mental Status Examination	p. 3
Crisis Intervention: A General Approach	p. 12
Telephone Evaluations	p. 19
The Suicidal Patient	p. 21
The Violent Patient	p. 28
Acute Grief and Disaster Victims	p. 38
Treating the Family in the Emergency Department	p. 45
Child Psychiatric Emergencies	p. 53
Geriatric Emergencies	p. 60
Legal Issues	p. 75
Domestic Violence	p. 78
Child Abuse	p. 83
The Rape Victim	p. 91
Homelessness and Psychiatric Emergencies	p. 96
The Patient with Mental Retardation	p. 104
Psychiatric Emergency Repeaters	p. 110
Depression	p. 117
The Anxious Patient	p. 129
Acute Psychoses and Catatonia	p. 143
Mania	p. 158
Schizophrenic and Other Chronically Psychotic Patients in Crisis	p. 168
Borderline and Other Personality Disorders	p. 178
Agitation and Delirium	p. 197
Toxic Side Effects of Psychotropic Medications and Their Management	p. 204
Psychiatric Symptoms of Medical Illness and Drug Toxicity	p. 218
Neurologic Illness Mimicking Psychiatric Disorders	p. 248
Seizures	p. 256
Malingering, Factitious Illness, and Somatization	p. 265
Disruptive Medical Patients	p. 274
Intoxication and Withdrawal Syndromes	p. 279
Alcohol-Related Emergencies	p. 294
Acute Drug Overdoses	p. 304
App. I Neuroleptic Drugs	p. 325
App. II Antidepressant Drugs	p. 328
App. III Benzodiazepines	p. 330
App. IV Nonbenzodiazepine Sedative-Hypnotics	p. 331
App. V Anticonvulsant Drugs	p. 332
App. VI Antiparkinsonian Drugs	p. 333
App. VII Approximate Duration of Detectability of Drugs in Urine	p. 334
Index	p. 335
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