Psychiatric emergencies Book Section

  


Authors: Roth, A. J.; Levenson, J. A.
Editors: Holland, J. C.; Greenberg, D. B.; Hughes, M. K.
Article/Chapter Title: Psychiatric emergencies
Abstract: (create) Presents guidelines for handling a psychiatric emergency by an oncology team when a psychiatric consult is not available. These guidelines include: Identification of patients who require urgent management; Management principles for psychiatric emergencies; Differential diagnosis for agitation or confusion; Interventions to calm the patient (including an algorithm for medicating agitation); Management of suicidal emergency (including risk assessment and interventions); and Management of refusal of treatment or demand to leave. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).
Keywords: differential diagnosis; risk assessment; confusion; suicide; drug therapy; treatment refusal; agitation; interventions; cancer patients; psychiatric emergencies; management guidelines
Book Title: Quick Reference for Oncology Clinicians: The Psychiatric and Psychological Dimensions of Cancer Symptom Management
ISBN: 9780978531904
Publisher: International Psycho Oncology Society (IPOS) Press Us  
Publication Place: Charlottesville, VA
Date Published: 2006-01-01
Start Page: 19
End Page: 25
Language: English
PROVIDER: Ovid Technologies
ACCESSION: Book: 2006-13174-003
PROVIDER: psycinfo
DOI/URL:

http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=fulltext&D=psyc5&AN=2006-13174-003
Notes: Holland, Jimmie C [Ed ; Greenberg, Danna B [Ed ; Hughes, Mary K [Ed - viii, 179 - "Source: PsycINFO"
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