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Psychiatric emergencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Tom Brown
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Despite the frequency with which psychiatric emergencies are encountered in medical and other services, the literature, at least in the UK, is relatively sparse, with little systematic research on either service provision or areas of clinical interest. Services have often evolved in an ad hoc way and psychiatric emergencies are often seen by very junior trainees early in their psychiatric careers, with little relevant training. Although the vigilance of the Royal College of Psychiatrists on its approval visits has ensured that most trainees are given advice on the recognition and management of violence (at induction courses at the start of their training), it is not uncommon to find that wider areas of training in emergency psychiatry are neglected. It is still the case, for example, that some postgraduate programmes in psychiatry provide little or no formal training on emergency psychiatry.

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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 4 , Issue 5 , September 1998, pp. 270 - 276
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1998 

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