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A psychiatric emergency is defined when someone’s distress or alarming behaviour, caused by mental disorder, is considered by the person himself, or by other people, to require urgent psychiatric intervention. It does not necessarily entail admission to hospital, although this is often requested.
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© 1982 Barbara L. Hudson
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Hudson, B.L. (1982). Psychiatric Emergencies, Hospital Admission and Crisis Intervention. In: Social Work with Psychiatric Patients. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16788-3_13
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