[A young person in psychiatric emergency service]

In a psychiatric emergency call situation an under-age person is entitled to make decisions concerning her/himself and her/his treatment, and the physician shall act for the young person's best. When necessary, child protection should be informed and in suspected sexual offence, also the police. The assessment of the need for psychiatric treatment must be based on patient history evaluated under undisturbed conditions. The young person and the raisers are interviewed together and separately. The participation of parents in the psychiatric therapy of a young person is the principal rule. Outpatient care is the primary method. Psychotropic medication for a young person in an emergency call situation is started only in exceptional cases.