The Diagnosis And Management Of Agitation
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Author |
: Scott L. Zeller |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2017-02-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107148123 |
ISBN-13 |
: 110714812X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Diagnosis and Management of Agitation by : Scott L. Zeller
A practical guide to the origins and treatment options for agitation, a common symptom of psychiatric and neurologic disorders.
Author |
: Scott L. Zeller |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2017-02-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108116497 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108116493 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Diagnosis and Management of Agitation by : Scott L. Zeller
A common symptom of psychiatric and medical disorders, agitation often appears in a variety of medical environments. This practical guide explores the origins of the condition and the differing approaches and treatments available. The biology of agitation is discussed, followed by specific chapters on substance abuse, medical causes, personality disorders, and treatment in pediatrics and the elderly. Treatment options including psychiatric work-ups, medical work-ups, psychopharmacology, de-escalation, and calming techniques are provided. The complexities of legal issues, patients' rights, and prehospital settings are also addressed, providing physicians, nurses, and mental health workers with a comprehensive resource in providing safe, focused, and effective treatment.
Author |
: Donald P. Hay |
Publisher |
: American Psychiatric Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 276 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015056436150 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Agitation in Patients with Dementia by : Donald P. Hay
Text identifies the multiple types of agitation in dementia patients. Focuses on the underlying causes and the various methods for management. Also includes discussions on the epidemiology and neurochemistry of agitation, assessment techniques, and legal and ethical issues.
Author |
: Kimberly D. Nordstrom |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 282 |
Release |
: 2018-03-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319582603 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319582607 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Quick Guide to Psychiatric Emergencies by : Kimberly D. Nordstrom
This volume provides an “on-the-go” guide to the most common behavioral emergencies a physician may encounter. Each chapter represents a disease state or symptom cluster and concisely summarizes the disease state, provides background, symptoms and signs, differential diagnoses, and immediate and long-term treatment options. All chapters conclude with a diagnosis or treatment algorithm or another easy-to-use visual tool. Chapters named after a specific disease state or symptom cluster, arranged alphabetically for use in the field. The text begins with chapters covering patient evaluation: getting a good history, suicide risk assessment, physical exam, and when and how to use studies. Written by experts in psychiatry and emergency medicine, this text is the first to consider both medical perspectives in a concise guide. Quick Guide to Psychiatric Emergencies is an excellent resource for psychiatrists, emergency medicine physicians, residents, nurses, and other medical professionals that handle behavioral emergencies on a regular basis.
Author |
: Rachel L. Glick |
Publisher |
: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Total Pages |
: 562 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 078176873X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780781768733 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (3X Downloads) |
Synopsis Emergency Psychiatry by : Rachel L. Glick
Written and edited by leading emergency psychiatrists, this is the first comprehensive text devoted to emergency psychiatry. The book blends the authors' clinical experience with evidence-based information, expert opinions, and American Psychiatric Association guidelines for emergency psychiatry. Case studies are used throughout to reinforce key clinical points. This text brings together relevant principles from many psychiatric subspecialties—community, consultation/liaison, psychotherapy, substance abuse, psychopharmacology, disaster, child, geriatric, administrative, forensic—as well as from emergency medicine, psychology, law, medical ethics, and public health policy. The emerging field of disaster psychiatry is also addressed. A companion Website offers instant access to the fully searchable text. (www.glickemergencypsychiatry.com)
Author |
: American Psychiatric Association |
Publisher |
: American Psychiatric Pub |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780890426777 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0890426775 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia by : American Psychiatric Association
The guideline offers clear, concise, and actionable recommendation statements to help clinicians to incorporate recommendations into clinical practice, with the goal of improving quality of care. Each recommendation is given a rating that reflects the level of confidence that potential benefits of an intervention outweigh potential harms.
Author |
: Leslie S. Zun |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 415 |
Release |
: 2013-03-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107018488 |
ISBN-13 |
: 110701848X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Behavioral Emergencies for the Emergency Physician by : Leslie S. Zun
This comprehensive, go-to volume features cutting edge discussion of the emergency department management of mental health patients.
Author |
: Webb |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 1961 |
Release |
: 2020-01-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198855439 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198855435 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Oxford Textbook of Critical Care by : Webb
Now in paperback, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Care is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary text covering all aspects of adult intensive care management. Uniquely this text takes a problem-orientated approach providing a key resource for daily clinical issues in the intensive care unit. The text is organized into short topics allowing readers to rapidly access authoritative information on specific clinical problems. Each topic refers to basic physiological principles and provides up-to-date treatment advice supported by references to the most vital literature. Where international differences exist in clinical practice, authors cover alternative views. Key messages summarise each topic in order to aid quick review and decision making. Edited and written by an international group of recognized experts from many disciplines, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Careprovides an up-to-date reference that is relevant for intensive care units and emergency departments globally. This volume is the definitive text for all health care providers, including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other allied health professionals who take care of critically ill patients.
Author |
: Valerie J. Page |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 247 |
Release |
: 2015-03-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107433656 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107433657 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis Delirium in Critical Care by : Valerie J. Page
The fully updated second edition of this popular handbook concisely summarises all current knowledge about delirium in critically ill patients and describes simple tools the bedside clinician can use to prevent, diagnose and manage delirium. Chapters discuss new developments in assessing risk and diagnosis, crucial discoveries regarding delirium and long-term cognitive outcomes, and dangers of sedation and death. Updated management advice reflects new evidence about antipsychotics and delirium. This book explains how to minimise the risks of delirium, drugs to avoid, drugs to use and when to use them, as well as current theories regarding pathophysiology, different motoric subtypes leading to missed diagnosis, and the adverse impact of delirium on patient outcomes. While there are still unanswered questions, this edition contains all the available answers. Illustrated with real-life case reports, Delirium in Critical Care is essential reading for trainees, consultants and nurses in the ICU and emergency department.
Author |
: National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (Great Britain) |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 463 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 190467142X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781904671428 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (2X Downloads) |
Synopsis Generalised Anxiety Disorder in Adults by : National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (Great Britain)
This guideline is an update of NICEs previous guidance on generalised anxiety disorder (GAD). It reviews the evidence for low- and high-intensity psychological interventions and drug treatments, and also gives an insight into the experience of care of people with GAD, which is a common mental health problem and often co-occurs with other anxiety and depressive disorders. RCPsych Publications is the publishing arm of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (based in London, United Kingdom), which has been promoting excellence in mental health care since 1841. Produced by the same editorial team who publish The British Journal of Psychiatry, they sell books for both psychiatrists and other mental health professionals; and also many written for the general public. Their popular series include the College Seminars Series, the NICE mental health guidelines and the Books Beyond Words series for people with intellectual disabilities.