Phenomenology and Treatment of Psychiatric Emergencies

psychiatric treatment approaches there are opportunities for trial and error, exploration and reconsideration, revision of treatment approach, and correc­ tion of errors. Revisions and corrections are based on observations of pro­ gress and on response from patients about the impact of treatment eff...

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Other Authors: Comstock, B.S. (Editor), Fann, W.E. (Editor), Pokorny, A.D. (Editor), Williams, Robert L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1984, 1984
Edition:1st ed. 1984
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Confronting the Psychiatric Emergency
  • 1. Crisis Intervention in a Medical Setting
  • 2. Diagnostic Emergencies
  • 3. Staff Issues in Emergency Medical Settings
  • 4. Violence in the Emergency Room
  • Victims of Violence
  • 5. Abused Adults
  • 6. Suicide—Emergency Issues
  • 7. Physical Abuse of Children
  • 8. Sexual Abuse of Children
  • 9. Civil Disaster Planning: A Psychiatric Perspective
  • Special Populations and Problems
  • 10. Emergencies Related to Alcohol
  • 11. Substance Abuse in Emergency Practice
  • 12. Crisis Intervention for the Chronic Mental Patient
  • 13. Child Psychiatric Emergencies
  • 14. Psychiatric Emergencies of Older Persons
  • 15. Problems in Treating Abused Children
  • 16. Emergency Psychiatric Services to Minorities