Pocket Handbook of Emergency Psychiatric Medicine

by Benjamin James Sadock and Harold I. Kaplan

his is a quick reference book for the management of psychiatric medical emergencies. The book is aimed at practicing psychiatrists, residents, students, social workers, nurses and any other mental health professsional in the accident and emergency department

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0683045393
• ISBN13: 9780683045390
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A quick reference for psychiatric emergencies

This poket book is a quick and easy reference for pshysician in an emergency room dealing with psychiatric emergencies. The part that refers to Organic Mental Syndroms (as Delirium and Dementia) is very interesting and useful for general clinical practicers. The mental conditions are divided in alphabetical order, making it easier to search the subjects; and each one describe the diagnostic criteria and guidelines for treatment. This is really an usefull book for the physician in primary care unit.