title: [Critical approach to emergency care in consultation psychiatry].
abstract: 36 patients consecutively admitted in medical and surgical wards of Reims' University Hospital, and referred to the Psychiatric Emergency Unit, were assessed for their psychiatric morbidity (DMS-III-R, axis I) and their psychiatric dangerousness. Approximately one third of the patients didn't suffer from any mental disorder and belonged to the area of psychological medicine. One third showed reactional disorders, were dangerous and were then admitted in a psychiatric department. The risks of the development of liaison psychiatry are discussed by authors--for example, the hardly admitted concept of psychiatric emergency is in danger of losing value.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Universitaire de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Robert-Debré, C.H.U., Reims, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Theret
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Faradoni
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pire
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010343:Patient Admission; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
vernacular_title: Approche critique de la notion d'urgence en psychiatrie de liaison.