Comprehensive Emergency Mental Health Care

by Joseph J Zealberg, Louise a Spilsbury, Alberto B Santos M.D.

Overview

This is a reprint of a previously published work. It deals with what was in 1996 state-of-the-art, community-based, mobile emergency mental health services and treatment--whether in the street, the patient's home, a temporary shelter, the emergency room or a clinic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781587982019
Publisher:	Beard Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/01/1996
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

Editorial Reviews

Describes a unique approach to mental health care that brings treatment to the patient in crisis, based on the authors' crisis intervention model pioneered in South Carolina. Outlines mobile emergency mental health services and treatment techniques, and discusses legal, ethical, and security issues. Includes a crash course in medical psychiatry for the nonphysician, reviewing the DSM-IV system and psychopharmacological treatment. For physicians, social workers, nurses, and psychologists, Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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