Quick Guide to Psychiatric Emergencies

Kimberly Nordstrom, MD, JD Medical Director, Office of Behavioral Health, Department of Human Services, State of Colorado; Associate Professor, University of Colorado Medical School; Immediate Past President, American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Michael P Wilson, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Director, Emergency Psychiatry Research, American Association for Emergency Psychiatry

Section I Evaluation Of Patients.- 1 Medical & Psychiatric History.- 2 Physical Exam.- 3 Laboratory Testing and Studies.- 4 Suicide Risk Assessment.- Section II Psychiatric Illness.- 5 Agitation.- 6 Anxiety.- 7 Catatonia.- 8 Depression.- 9 Mania.- 10 Psychosis.- Section III Medical Disorders.- 11 Adrenal Crisis.- 12 Chronic Pain.- 13 Delirium.- 14 Dementia.- 15 Encephalitis.- 16 Head Injury.- 17 Hepatic Encephalopathy.- 18 Hypercalcemia.- 19 Hypercortisolism.- 20 Hypoglycemia.- 21 Hyponatremia.- 22 Hypothyroidism.- 23 Myxedema Coma.- 24 Non-Epileptic Seizures.- 25 Seizures.- 26 Thyrotoxicosis.- 27 Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome.- Section IV Substance Intoxication.- 28 Acute Intoxication  General Principles.- 29 Amphetamine Intoxication.- 30 Cocaine Intoxication.- 31 Ethanol Intoxication (Alcohol).- 32 GHB Intoxication.- 33 Inhalant Intoxication.- 34 MDMA Intoxication.- 35 Opioid Intoxication.- 36 Psychedelic Intoxication.- Section V Withdrawal Syndromes.- 37 Acute Withdrawal General Principles.- 38 Alcohol Withdrawal.- 39 Amphetamine Withdrawal.- 40 Barbiturate Withdrawal.- 41 Benzodiazepine Withdrawal.- 42 Cannabis Withdrawal.- 43 Cocaine Withdrawal.- 44 Opioid Withdrawal.- Section VI Toxicologic Syndromes.- 45 Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome.- 46 Antimuscarinic Toxicity.- 47 Common Medications Which May Mimic Psychiatric Symptoms.- 48 Lithium Toxicity.- 49 Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome.- 50 Salicylate Toxicity.- 51 Serotonin Syndrome.- 52  Steroid Psychosis.- 53  Valproic Acid Toxicity.

"The purpose is to provide an easy-to-use reference for any clinician who handles behavioral health emergencies. ... The guidebook is small and will easily fit in a lab coat pocket. ... This is a must-have book for any clinician who encounters patients with psychiatric emergencies." (Laura Kelly, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2018)

“The purpose is to provide an easy-to-use reference for any clinician who handles behavioral health emergencies. … The guidebook is small and will easily fit in a lab coat pocket. … This is a must-have book for any clinician who encounters patients with psychiatric emergencies.” (Laura Kelly, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2018)