title: Psychiatric emergency evaluation.
abstract: This article is designed to assist the psychiatric clinical nurse specialist in the Emergency Department by defining psychiatric emergency; reviewing crisis intervention theory; exploring various nursing roles in the ED: delineating the assessment process; and outlining a decision-making process for determining client follow-up.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D008875:Middle Aged; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012380:Role