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<p><P>The field of emergency mental health care is evolving rapidly. In addition to continued widespread use of the traditional consultation model, in which psychiatrists provide on-call assistance to emergency department physicians, specialized psychiatric emergency services (PESs) are available in many cities, and newer models of integrated community psychiatric emergency care are being developed and implemented. With the spread of AIDS, the aging of the population, and the popularity of recreational substances of abuse, the scope and complexity of the field have increased as well. <I>Emergency Psychiatry</I> provides a snapshot of the current state of the art of this fast-paced discipline.<P>Readers of this volume will find<br> <ul><br>&bull; Survey of the major service models used in emergency psychiatry&#58; the consultation model, the specialized PES model, and newer community models (crisis hospitalization, mobile teams, crisis residences)<br>&bull; Principles of triage of patients presenting to an emergency department with psychiatric problems, including a discussion of instruments used to assess psychosocial and cognitive functioning<br>&bull; Guidelines for assessing risk

Author

Michael H. Allen

Publisher

American Psychiatric Association Publishing

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781585626113

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, Nursing