Clinical Manual of Emergency Psychiatry

The second edition of Clinical Manual of Emergency Psychiatry is designed to
help medical students, residents, and clinical faculty chart an appropriate
course of treatment in a setting where an incorrect assessment can have
life-or-death implications. Arranged by chief complaint rather than by
psychiatric diagnosis, each chapter combines the fresh insights of an
accomplished psychiatry trainee with the more seasoned viewpoint of a senior
practitioner in the field, providing a richly integrated perspective on the
challenges and rewards of caring for patients in the psychiatric emergency
department. This newly revised edition presents current approaches to
evaluation, treatment, and management of patients in crisis, including
up-to-date guidelines on use of pharmacotherapy in the emergency setting;
suicide risk assessment; evaluation of patients with abnormal mood, psychosis,
acute anxiety, agitation, cognitive impairment, and/or substance-related
emergencies; and care of children and adolescents.

The editors have
created an accessible text with many useful features: A chapter devoted to
effective strategies for teaching, mentoring, and supervision of trainees in the
psychiatry emergency service. Chapters focused on assessment of risk for
violence in patients, determination of the need for seclusion or restraint, and
navigation of the legal and ethical issues that arise in the emergency setting.
Clinical vignettes that contextualize the information provided, allowing readers
to envision applicable clinical scenarios and thereby internalize important
concepts more quickly Constructive "take-home" points at the end of each
chapter that summarize key information and caution against common clinical
errors. References and suggested readings to help readers pursue a deeper
understanding of concepts and repair any gaps in knowledge.

Emergency
psychiatry is one of the most stressful and challenging areas of practice for
the psychiatric clinician. The guidelines and strategies outlined in Clinical
Manual of Emergency Psychiatry, Second Edition, will help psychiatric trainees
and educators alike to make sense of the complex clinical situations they
encounter and guide them to advance their skills as clinicians and
educators.