The Essential Guide to Emergency Treatment of Mental Health Crises
Hospital emergency departments are faced with an increasing number of patients in mental health crises, and this number is increasing year by year. Despite these challenges, very few clinicians are specifically trained to deal with mental health crises.
Acute Psychiatric Emergencies (APEx) meets this need with a course jointly designed by leading psychiatry and emergency medicine professionals with years of practical experience. This course will help in any crisis situation, whether in the emergency department, ward, clinic or in the community.
APEx provides a structured approach to the assessment and management of acute mental health emergencies, discussing common presentations as well as legal frameworks and human factors. Now fully updated to reflect new guidelines and broader treatment of key topics, it is an invaluable resource for any physician providing psychiatric care at any point in the healthcare pathway.
Readers of the second edition of Acute Psychiatric Emergencies will also find:
Detailed discussion of topics including organic causes of behavioral disorders, specific conditions, and more
Updated algorithms and figures for improved accessibility
Emphasis on close collaboration between emergency and mental health teams
APEx is ideal for emergency physicians, psychiatrists, emergency and mental health nurses, paramedics, and other critical care professionals.
The Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) is an organization dedicated to improving outcomes for individuals in life-threatening situations, anywhere in the healthcare pathway, anywhere in the world. ALSG, a leading medical education charity, has provided advanced life support training to over 225,000 doctors in 44 countries.
