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What is emergency psychiatry?
Emergency psychiatry is the clinical application of psychiatry in emergency settings. What conditions require emergency psychiatry consultation? What should an emergency medical doctor or any psychiatrist exclude before diagnosing and treating any emergency medical condition relevant to psychiatry? Exclude intentional enforced harms. Intention enforced harms are emergencies; however, they need solutions and remedies, not medications or hospitalizations. How may individuals arrive for emergency psychiatric service? 1. Voluntarily. 2. Referral from another health professional. 3. Through involuntary commitment. How should wrong referrals or abuse of involuntary commitment in emergency psychiatry be prevented? 1. Education of police officers. 2. Education of emergency medical doctors and psychiatrists. 3. Public awareness that sending anyone for psychiatric referral or involuntary commitment through trickery or malice is a Class A misdemeanor. What should patients expect from emergency psychiatry? 1. Medications. 2. Counseling. 3. Involuntary hospital admission. 4. Voluntary hospital admission. 5. Outpatient facilities. 6. Partial hospitalization. 7. Residential treatment centers. 8. E-mail or telephone counseling. 9. In case of intentional enforced harms, solutions, remedies, or adjudication. What is the essential requirement of a psychiatric behavioral unit or ward? Provide a protected environment. Other. Here are further guidelines. http://www.qureshiuniversity.com/psychiatryworld.html What is the future of psychiatry? Demand for psychiatric services is going to increase as people tend to be more civilized. Here are further guidelines. http://www.qureshiuniversity.com/psychiatryworld.html |