Acute Psychiatric Emergencies 1st Edition

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1119501083
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781119501084
• Author: Advanced Life Support Group , Kevin Mackway-Jones 

Acute Psychiatric Emergencies is designed for all medical and healthcare professionals working with patients in mental health crisis. This manual is a key component of the Acute Psychiatric Emergencies (APEx) course, which uses a structured approach developed by leading psychiatry and emergency medicine specialists with years of practical experience.

This valuable resource provides a practical approach for dealing with mental health emergencies, helping healthcare professionals from different specialties speak a common language and develop a shared understanding that expedites excellent care. The manual outlines the assessment and management of patients who have self-harmed, those that are apparently drunk, the patient behaving strangely, the patient with acute confusion, and those that are aggressive.

Table contents:

CHAPTER 1: Structured approach to acute psychiatric emergencies

CHAPTER 2: Primary unified assessment and immediate psychiatric management

CHAPTER 3: Secondary physical and psychosocial assessment

CHAPTER 4: The patient who has harmed themselves

CHAPTER 5: The apparently drunk patient

CHAPTER 6: The patient behaving strangely

CHAPTER 7: The acutely confused patient

CHAPTER 8: The aggressive patient

CHAPTER 9: Legal aspects of emergency psychiatry

CHAPTER 10: Human factors

CHAPTER 11: The patient experience

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