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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48349| Title: | Psychiatric emergencies in the casualty department |
| Authors: | Muscat, Peter |
| Keywords: | Psychotherapy patients -- Rehabilitation -- Malta Community psychiatry -- Malta Mental health services -- Malta Psychiatric hospital care -- Malta Behavior therapy Occupational therapy Mount Carmel Hospital (Attard, Malta) |
| Issue Date: | 1994 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Department of Psychiatry |
| Citation: | Muscat, P. (1994). Psychiatric emergencies in the casualty department. In P. Muscat (Ed.), Handbook in Psychiatry, II (pp. 68-72). Malta: University of Malta, Dept. of Psychiatry. |
| Abstract: | Psychiatric emergencies are difficult to define. The medical definition of psychiatric emergencies in situations in which, on account of an abnormal mental state or behaviour, the life of a patient, or someone else, is in jeopardy. However this definition would exclude the commoner situations encountered in casualty which are characterised by severe dislocation in psychological or social functioning accompanied by their high nuisance value. In order to remedy this limitation the concept of "crisis" used to include those situations when there is a reduction in coping ability to external stress. |
| Description: | A list of voluntary organizations in Malta is included within this document. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48349 |
| Appears in Collections: | Handbook in Psychiatry II |
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