/edited by Scott L. Zeller, CEP America and University of California-Riverside, Kimberly D. Nordstrom, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado, Michael P. Wilson, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California-San Diego
"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
cambridge
, 2017
xii, 281 pages ;24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Agitation : where we're going, where we've been / Scott L. Zeller -- The biology of agitation / Scott A. Simpson -- Medical evaluation of the agitated patient / Seth Thomas and Nathan Beckerman -- Agitation due to substance use, abuse, and withdrawal / Alexander Schorb and Heinz Grunze -- Medical causes of patients with agitation : systemic illness / Sandra Schneider -- Special populations : agitation in elderly patients / Eric L. Anderson -- The psychiatric evaluation of patients with agitation / Joachim Scharfetter -- Psychiatric causes of agitation : exacerbation of personality disorders /