| Description |
1 online resource (298 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover ; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 Agitation: Where We're Going, Where We've Been; Chapter 2 The Biology of Agitation; Chapter 3 Medical Evaluation of the Agitated Patient; Chapter 4 Agitation Due to Substance Use, Abuse, and Withdrawal; Chapter 5 Medical Causes of Patients with Agitation: Systemic Illness; Chapter 6 Special Populations: Agitation in Elderly Patients; Chapter 7 The Psychiatric Evaluation of Patients with Agitation |
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Chapter 8 Psychiatric Causes of Agitation: Exacerbation of Personality DisordersChapter 9 Psychiatric Causes of Agitation: Exacerbation of Mood and Psychotic Disorders; Chapter 10 Collaborative De-escalation; Chapter 11 Agitation in Field Settings: Emergency Medical Services Providers and Law Enforcement; Chapter 12 Use of Force in the Prehospital Environment; Chapter 13 Appropriate Use of Restraint and Seclusion; Chapter 14 Pharmacologic Treatment of Agitation; Chapter 15 Understanding the Environmental, Social, Familial, and Cultural Context of Agitation |
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Chapter 16 The Ethics of Agitation: When Is an Agitated Patient Decisionally Capable?Chapter 17 Patient Rights, Patient and Family Perspectives on Agitation; Chapter 18 Diagnosis and Management of Agitation in Children and Adolescents; Index |
| Summary |
"The Diagnosis and Management of Acute Agitation marks the dawn of a new age in the management of acute psychiatric crises and emergencies. Medicine and society are in the midst of an international crisis on how to diagnose, treat, and coordinate care for the growing volume of patients with acute behavioral emergencies which commonly manifest with various forms of agitation"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Agitation (Psychology)
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Acute diseases.
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Psychomotor Agitation -- diagnosis
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Psychomotor Agitation -- therapy
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Acute Disease
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Acute diseases
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Agitation (Psychology)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nordstrom, Kimberly
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Wilson, Michael P
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| ISBN |
9781316556702 |
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1316556700 |
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