[Psychiatric emergencies].

[Psychiatric emergencies]. Nervenarzt. 2017 Jun 16;: Authors: Schneider F, Weber-Papen S Abstract Psychiatric emergencies present a frequent and interdisciplinary challenge. Clinical diagnosis and management are complicated by the acuity, and the patient's compliance is often limited by the illness. Psychiatric emergencies include states of acute agitation, suicidality, delirium, stupor, and drug-induced emergencies. Sometimes interventions such as conversational contact, responding empathically to patients, or "talking down" are sufficient. If pharmacotherapy is necessary, benzodiazepines and antipsychotic drugs are the primary agents of choice. PMID: 28623497 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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