title: [Psychiatric emergency: between outer and inner world].
abstract: After a brief premise on social change factors of our contemporary society and on their impact on the affections and relationships of individuals, psychiatric emergency is considered as it relates to institutional response. "Maternal" and "paternal" roles of the hospital as it assists those who request help and some defensive modalities for decompensated patients are proposed. The article ends by hoping for a greater readiness to listen: this approach would favour the capacity of the mind to avoid defensive acting-out.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Psichiatrica, Università degli Studi di Padova.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Colombo
mesh_terms: D000184:Acting Out; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010343:Patient Admission; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012922:Social Change
vernacular_title: Urgenze in psichiatria: tra mondo esterno e mondo interno.