Citation

Meyers J, Stein S. Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 2000; 18(2): 173-83, vii.

Affiliation

Cornell-Columbia Program in Psychiatry and the Law, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10767876

Abstract

Psychiatric assessment of patients in the emergency department requires a psychological and medical approach. Acute medical problems must be investigated immediately, before a more nuanced exploration of emotional, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of these patients is undertaken. A multidimensional, nonreductive description then guides the treatment and disposition of patients in the emergency department.

Language: en