Recognition and Management of Psychiatric Emergencies
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The recognition of psychiatric emergencies would seem to be easy. This is certainly true if one thinks of the intoxicated alcoholic who is threatening to kill himself or someone else, or the patient on a surgical ward who reports that persecutors are out to get him. However, we may be dealing with just as much of a psychiatric emergency when confronted by the little old lady who does not wish to bother the doctor but wants something for vague complaints behind which hides deep depression; or the teenager who seems to be just a little bit excited right now but, a little later, is overwhelmed with anxiety. Hospital Emergencies
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