Clinical Manual of Emergency Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Guide for Medical Professionals

By Michelle B. Riba (Author), the second edition of Clinical Manual of Emergency Psychiatry is an indispensable resource for medical students, residents, and clinical faculty seeking to provide optimal care in high-pressure emergency psychiatric settings.

A Unique Approach to Emergency Psychiatry Training

This cutting-edge manual is organized by chief complaint rather than psychiatric diagnosis, ensuring that each chapter provides a richly integrated perspective on the complexities of caring for patients in crisis. The collaborative effort of an accomplished psychiatry trainee and a seasoned practitioner in the field delivers a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and rewards of working in the psychiatric emergency department.

Current Approaches to Emergency Psychiatry Care

The revised edition presents up-to-date guidelines on:

• Evaluation and treatment of patients in crisis
• Pharmacotherapy use in the emergency setting
• Suicide risk assessment and management
• Evalutation of patients with abnormal mood, psychosis, acute anxiety, agitation, cognitive impairment, and substance-related emergencies
• Care of children and adolescents in emergency psychiatric settings

Accessible and Practical Features

This manual includes:

• A dedicated chapter on effective strategies for teaching, mentoring, and supervision of trainees in the psychiatry emergency service
• Chapters focused on assessing risk for violence, determining the need for seclusion or restraint, and navigating legal and ethical issues in the emergency setting
• Clinical vignettes that contextualize key concepts, allowing readers to envision applicable clinical scenarios and internalize important information more quickly
• Constructive “take-home” points at the end of each chapter, summarizing key information and cautioning against common clinical errors
• References and suggested readings to help readers pursue a deeper understanding of concepts and repair any gaps in knowledge

Mastering the Challenges of Emergency Psychiatry

Emergency psychiatry is one of the most stressful and demanding areas of practice for psychiatric clinicians. The guidelines and strategies outlined in Clinical Manual of Emergency Psychiatry, Second Edition, provide a comprehensive framework for psychiatric trainees and educators to navigate complex clinical situations, advance their skills as clinicians and educators, and deliver optimal care in high-pressure emergency settings.