Introduction to the Review of Psychiatry Series / John M. Oldham and Michelle B. Riba -- Preface / Michael H. Allen -- Ch. 1. Structure and Function of Psychiatric Emergency Services / Richard E. Breslow -- Psychiatric Emergency Services and Psychiatric Emergencies -- Classification of Medical Emergencies and Applications to Psychiatry -- Goals for Psychiatric Emergency Care -- Models for Delivery of Services in Psychiatric Emergencies -- Managed Care -- Teaching -- Research -- Future Directions -- Ch. 2. Medical, Psychiatric, and Cognitive Assessment in the Psychiatric Emergency Service / Glenn W. Currier, Michael H. Allen and Mark R. Serper / [and others] -- Medical Assessment in the Psychiatric Emergency Service -- Psychiatric Assessment in the Psychiatric Emergency Service -- Ch. 3. Assessment and Treatment of Suicidal Patients in an Emergency Setting / Peter L. Forster and Linda H. Wu -- Epidemiology -- The Spectrum of Suicidal Behavior -- Goals of Emergency Assessment -- Risk Factors: Fixed Versus Modifiable -- Risk Assessment in an Emergency Setting -- Interventions and Treatment -- Medical-Legal Issues -- Ch. 4. Emergency Treatment of Agitation and Aggression / J.P. Lindenmayer, Martha Crowner and Victoria Cosgrove -- Definitions -- Diagnostic Considerations -- Pathophysiology -- Assessment Issues -- Treatment -- Ch. 5. Psychosocial Interventions in the Psychiatric Emergency Service: A Skills Approach / Ronald C. Rosenberg and Kerry J. Sulkowicz -- Goals of Psychosocial Intervention in Emergencies -- Linear Procedure Versus Flexible Process -- Psychosocial Interventions in Psychiatric Emergencies.