Concise Guide to Assessment and Management of Violent Patients - Brossura

Tardiff, Kenneth

Brossura

ISBN 10: 088048344X ISBN 13: 9780880483445

Casa editrice: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc, 1996

Riassunto

Clinicians encounter violent patients in any treatment setting—from private offices and medical units to psychiatric inpatient units. Written by one of the foremost experts on violence, the second edition of this concise, practical guide provides psychiatry residents, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals with vital information required to manage potentially violent patients. Considerably updated, this book contains current information on psychopharmacology and the management of violent patients, an expanded section on the safety of clinicians, and a new section on how to deal with threats of violence to the clinician. This guide will be especially useful and relevant to psychiatric residents, given the number of violent patients they encounter.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Kenneth Tardiff, M.D., M.P.H., is Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health at the Payne Whitney Clinic, The New York Hospital—Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York.

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Clinicians encounter violent patients in any treatment setting -- from private offices and medical units to psychiatric inpatient units. Written by one of the foremost experts on violence, the second edition of this concise, practical guide provides psychiatry residents, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals with vital information required to manage potentially violent patients. Considerably updated, this book contains current information on psychopharmacology and the management of violent patients, an expanded section on the safety of clinicians, and a new section on how to deal with threats of violence to the clinician. This guide will be especially useful and relevant to psychiatric residents, given the number of violent patients they encounter.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 088048344X
• ISBN 13: 9780880483445
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 166
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile