This is a quick reference book for the management of psychiatric medical emergencies. The book is aimed at practicing psychiatrists, residents, students, social workers, nurses and any other mental health professsional in the accident and emergency department.
This reference provides, for each disorder, key points of aetiology, epidemiology, clinical picture, and treatment. Psychopharmacological principles are presented for the range of drugs used in treating mental and emotional conditions, and there is a colour psychotropic drug identification guide.