Quick Guide to Psychiatric Emergencies Tools for Behavioral and Toxicological Situations

Quick Guide to Psychiatric Emergencies Tools for Behavioral and Toxicological Situations / edited by Kimberly D. Nordstrom, Michael P. Wilson.

This volume provides an “on-the-go” guide to the most common behavioral emergencies a physician may encounter. Each chapter represents a disease state or symptom cluster and concisely summarizes the disease state, provides background, symptoms and signs, differential diagnoses, and immediate and lon...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Nordstrom, Kimberly D. (Editor), Wilson, Michael P. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychiatry.
Emergency medicine.
Pharmacy.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Section I Evaluation Of Patients
  • 1 Medical & Psychiatric History
  • 2 Physical Exam
  • 3 Laboratory Testing and Studies
  • 4 Suicide Risk Assessment
  • Section II Psychiatric Illness
  • 5 Agitation
  • 6 Anxiety
  • 7 Catatonia
  • 8 Depression
  • 9 Mania
  • 10 Psychosis
  • Section III Medical Disorders
  • 11 Adrenal Crisis
  • 12 Chronic Pain
  • 13 Delirium
  • 14 Dementia
  • 15 Encephalitis
  • 16 Head Injury
  • 17 Hepatic Encephalopathy
  • 18 Hypercalcemia
  • 19 Hypercortisolism
  • 20 Hypoglycemia
  • 21 Hyponatremia
  • 22 Hypothyroidism
  • 23 Myxedema Coma
  • 24 Non-Epileptic Seizures
  • 25 Seizures
  • 26 Thyrotoxicosis
  • 27 Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
  • Section IV Substance Intoxication
  • 28 Acute Intoxication General Principles
  • 29 Amphetamine Intoxication
  • 30 Cocaine Intoxication
  • 31 Ethanol Intoxication (Alcohol)
  • 32 GHB Intoxication
  • 33 Inhalant Intoxication
  • 34 MDMA Intoxication
  • 35 Opioid Intoxication
  • 36 Psychedelic Intoxication
  • Section V Withdrawal Syndromes
  • 37 Acute Withdrawal General Principles
  • 38 Alcohol Withdrawal
  • 39 Amphetamine Withdrawal
  • 40 Barbiturate Withdrawal
  • 41 Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
  • 42 Cannabis Withdrawal
  • 43 Cocaine Withdrawal
  • 44 Opioid Withdrawal
  • Section VI Toxicologic Syndromes
  • 45 Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome
  • 46 Antimuscarinic Toxicity
  • 47 Common Medications Which May Mimic Psychiatric Symptoms
  • 48 Lithium Toxicity
  • 49 Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
  • 50 Salicylate Toxicity
  • 51 Serotonin Syndrome
  • 52 Steroid Psychosis
  • 53 Valproic Acid Toxicity.

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