Challenger EM Psych is intended for all physicians, emergent and primary care providers, and specialists, who require information about psychiatric practices and the management of behavioral disturbances in emergent care settings.

Your Clinical Content Comprehensive Resource Challenger EM Psych consists of state-of-the-art clinical information in 13 chapters examining 47 real-life cases in acute psychiatric and behavioral care. You will appreciate the cutting-edge clinical text and over 300 interactive questions and answers with instant remediation feedback.

Table of Contents:

• Scope of Clinical Decision-Making within Acute Care
• Best Practices in Acute Clinical Care
• CISD: The Psychiatric Response to Disaster Survivors
• Basic Legal Matters
• The Tarasoff Decision and the Practicing Psychiatrist
• Time-Determined Clinical Decision-Making
• Working Smart
• Triage of Altered Mental States and Destructive Behaviors
• The Epidemiology of Violence
• Screening for Police and Security Matters
• The Psychiatric Examination
• The Mental Status Examination
• Assessment of Impulse Control

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