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Emergencies in Psychiatry
Author(s): Basant Puri (Author), Ian Treasaden (Author)
- Publisher: OUP Oxford
- Publication Date: 15 May 2008
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 360 pages
- ISBN-10: 0198530803
- ISBN-13: 9780198530800
Book Description
Emergencies in Psychiatry provides a practical and problem-orientated accessible guide for those who have to deal with psychiatric emergencies. This book contains guidance on how to assess and manage these emergencies and how to manoeuvre successfully though the practical difficulties that may arise, whilst also avoiding medical, psychiatric, and legal pitfalls. A variety of specific emergencies and emergencies in different settings are covered, such as aggression and violence, victims of abuse, emergencies related to drug addiction, people with learning disabilities, and emergencies in old age psychiatry and primary care.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Emergencies in Psychiatry is a focused, quick-access resource, which will steady the nerve and provide strategies for a safe, effective response. Measures for prevention, early identification and de-escalation are given equal weight to management guidance. It anticipates a large base of psychiatric eventualities, from the quotidian to the possible though improbable whatever situation arises, this lightweight handbook will provide a valuable quick refresher to prepare you for the first important steps Its breadth of coverage and ease of use will help instil calm in both staff and patients through these most stressful times. (International Journal of Culture and Mental Health, 2010)
…a useful read…[that] delivers a great deal of information…about psychiatric emergencies. (
Doody’s Notes)About the Author
Professor Basant Puri is Professor in Imaging and Psychiatry at Hammersmith Hospital and the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre & Imperial College London. He is also the author of several leading psychiatric textbooks Dr Ian Treasaden is a consultant forensic psychiatrist working at the West London Mental Health NHS Trust. He is also the author of several leading psychiatric textbooks.
