Handbook of Emergency Psychiatry for Clinical Administrators

Originally published in 1986, this volume presents the clinical and administrative aspects of emergency psychiatry from the point of view of the clinician administrator involved in organizing and running an emergency service.

Preface. Contributors. Part 1: Administrative Concepts of Emergency Psychiatry 1. The Development of Emergency Psychiatry 2. Definitions and Conceptual Framework of Psychiatric Emergencies 3. Profile of Psychiatric Emergency Patients 4. Personnel: The Psychiatric Emergency Care Team 5. Staff Attitudes Toward Psychiatric Emergencies with Special Needs 6. Architectural Model Considerations in Planning a Psychiatric Emergency Service 7. Fiscal Planning in Developing Psychiatric Emergency Services 8. Legal Issues in Emergency Psychiatry 9. Training and Research in Emergency Psychiatry Part 2: Psychiatric Emergency Care Delivery Systems 10. Psychiatric Emergencies in the Emergency Department 11. Emergency Psychiatric Services for Medical and Surgical Inpatients 12. The Community Mental Health Center¿s Emergency Services 13. Emergency Mental Health Care in an HMO Part 3: Examples of the Administrative Process 14. The Structure of One Emergency Psychiatry Service 15. Psychiatric Emergency Services: A Case Study Part 4: Protocols and Models for Clinical Administration 16. Protocols, Algorithms, and Procedures in Emergency Psychiatry 17. Emergency Psychiatric Records 18. Standards for Emergency Psychiatry 19. Liaison with the Courts and Corrections 20. Mobile Response for Psychiatric Emergencies 21. Interinstitutional Collaboration for Psychiatric Emergencies 22. A Statewide Collaboration for Psychiatric Emergencies 23. Disaster Preparedness from an Emergency Psychiatry. Index.