Manual de Urgencias Psiquiátricas

Manual of Psychiatric Emergencies

Santiago López Galán
Medica Panamericana
832 pages
ISBN: 9788491109280
Origin: Spanish
July 2022

The approach to psychiatric emergencies is a very complex issue for various reasons, such as possible behavioral changes, the risk of suicidal behavior, the use of psychoactive drugs, diagnostic difficulties or the legal repercussions of involuntary hospital admissions. In recent years, we’ve seen an increase in this type of emergency, especially in adolescents, accompanied by an increase in the consumption of toxic substances, self-harm and behavioral alterations.