title: [Psychiatric emergencies].
abstract: The present work is divided into four parts, the first part is a brief "Discourse on Emergency" that attempts to clarify the elements that distinguish psychiatric from medical emergency. The second part reviews the "Clinical pictures in which psychiatric emergency is not common". Psychopathological emergencies are briefly reviewed and mention is made of psychiatric emergencies deriving from non-psychiatric pathologies. The third part gives "Advice on the right approach to adopt in response to calls". Some integrated approaches are suggested. The fourth part presents several models of "Short-term psychotherapy in psychiatric emergency". Two cases of emergency treatment using multiple approach techniques are reported.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003693:Delirium / Q000628:therapy; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000628:therapy; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000628:therapy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
vernacular_title: L'urgenza in psichiatria.