[The liaison psychiatry approach of the psychiatric crisis, urgencies and emergencies].
The purpose of this paper is to differentiate crisis, emergencies and urgencies within the frame of Liaison psychiatry. It begins with the definition of each one of the terms, later the emphasis is put in the clinical characteristics of each one of these situations. These characteristics are determined by the patient and the therapeutic team. At last therapeutic guidelines are stated, which allow more precision in the intervention, in function of the direct involvement of these situations in the development and evolution of the patients.
Tenconi
Juan Cristóbal
JC
Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Favaloro, Argentina. Tenco@movi.com.ar
D003419:Crisis Intervention; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D012017:Referral and Consultation