Psychiatric Emergencies — Suicidality, Aggression, Acute Psychosis

Topics covered

1. 01Assessment and management of suicidal risk
2. 02Management of the acutely aggressive or violent patient
3. 03Acute psychotic emergency — assessment and initial management
4. 04Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
5. 05Serotonin syndrome
6. 06Acute dystonia and other drug-induced emergencies
7. 07Catatonia — recognition and management
8. 08Rapid tranquillisation — principles and drugs used
9. 09Legal and ethical considerations in psychiatric emergencies
10. 10Crisis intervention and referral pathways