Management of Homeless Suicidal and Aggressive Patients in the ED

Autor: Elspeth Cameron Ritchie
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Clinical Management of the Homeless Patient ISBN: 9783030701345
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-70135-2_13
Popis: Assessing psychiatric patients in the emergency department (ED) for admission to psychiatry is often a challenging task. Yet it is the bread and butter of any psychiatric ward which has an emergency department (ED) that receives patients. Whether they should be admitted or not depends on numerous factors, from dangerousness to outpatient follow-up care availability.
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