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Chapter 23 - Emergency Department Psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2024

By
Alex Thomson  and
Rikke Albert
Edited by
Rachel Thomasson ,
Elspeth Guthrie  and
Allan House
Rachel Thomasson
Affiliation:
Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences
Elspeth Guthrie
Affiliation:
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
Allan House
Affiliation:
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
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Summary

The emergency department (ED) is at the heart of the health system for responding to urgent health needs. In addition to patients with psychiatric emergencies, many patients attending ED with medical emergencies have concurrent mental health needs. Given the urgency, variety and need for clinical skills and systems leadership in a fast-paced environment, this area of liaison psychiatry is both challenging and rewarding as a field in which to develop specialist expertise.

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Seminars in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry , pp. 373 - 388
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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