@article{ref1,
title="Psychiatric assessment at the emergency reception service: Semiological characteristics",
journal="Annales medico-psychologiques",
year="2018",
author="Carrillo, P. and Fovet, T. and Poulet, E.",
volume="176",
number="8",
pages="803-809",
abstract="The immediate reception and orientation of patients with psychiatric symptoms is a major challenge for emergency departments as they represent almost 3 % of their care users. We will present here two main aspects of those patients' care. Firstly, during the reception phase, their's the need to evaluate the degree of urgency and make an efficient &quot;sorting&quot;. The elimination of a non-psychiatric differential diagnosis is there paramount. Standardized evaluation tools like the Hobart Mental Health Triage Scale can be used. Next, the psychiatric assessment phase has some specificities (temporal constraints, entourage as the care claimant, etc.). Its objectives are: diagnosis evaluation, immediate risk identification, creation of a therapeutic alliance and proposal of a care plan. Finally, the most frequent clinical presentations at the emergency department (psycho-social crisis, suicidal crisis, first psychotic episode and acute agitation) are presented. © 2018<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-4487",
doi="10.1016/j.amp.2018.08.007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amp.2018.08.007"
}