Citation

Escobar E, Gonzalez C, Schürch F. J. Neuroeuropsychiatry (Santiago, Chile) 2000; 38(1): 23-30.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Society of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Chile)

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Abstract

Specialists with solid training and special skills are required to handle the inherent difficulties of psychiatric emergencies. Although pragmatism has played an essential role in this activity, its gradual development has brought about new concepts leading to a theoretical basis on which the praxis is sustained. Based on the aforementioned aspects, and after describing some traits of the emergency psychiatrist that might help him or her in this activity, we describe the main features of this kind of attention, emphasizing the need to identify them appropriately. © 2006 Sociedad de Neurolog Psiquiatry Neurocirugbr.

Language: en

Keywords

attention; emergency health service; Emergency psychiatry; mental patient; psychiatrist; Psychiatrist; responsibility; review; suicide