title: Mood and anxiety syndromes in emergency psychiatry.
abstract: Mood and anxiety disorders are common in the general population and in the emergency setting. As psychiatric emergency care moves from the realm of triage and referral to a more definitive initiation of treatment, clinicians must approach the assessment and initial management of patients with mood and anxiety disorder in a rational and safe way. In the ED, the next step in assessing patients with mood or anxiety symptoms, after any immediate safety concerns are addressed, is to rule out medical or substance-induced causes. Treatment of these patients is directed at the underlying condition. When a primary psychiatric diagnosis is made, initial management, including definitive pharmacologic or psychotherapeutic intervention, can be started in the ED.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Milner
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Florence
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Glick
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019468:Disease Management; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000379:methods; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents