title: [Psychiatric emergencies in drug addiction].
abstract: The practitioner is very frequently confronted by emergencies in drug-addicted patients also having psychiatric symptomatology. In this article the authors will address emergencies related to alcohol (notably intoxication, pre-DTs and the encephalopathies); emergencies related to cannabis (notably intoxication, psychotic states and panic attacks); and emergencies related to other psycho-active substances (overdoses, drug-withdrawal, psychiatric complications related to cocaine or amphetamines). In the domain of drug addiction, as in psychiatry, the practitioner must give as much importance to the organisation of the long-term healthcare plan for the drug addict, ulterior to the management of the immediate emergency. For example, whereas 90% of subjects presenting to the emergency department for acute alcoholic intoxication have a pathological consumption of alcohol (abuse or dependance), management of the alcoholism is proposed in only 2% of them.
authors.affiliation: Département de psychiatrie et d'addictologie Hôpital Paul-Brousse 94804 Villejuif.
authors.forename: Amine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benyamina
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouchez
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rahioui
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reynaud
mesh_terms: D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*