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Emergency psychiatric evaluation of "organic" mental disorders
M H Allen1, M A Fauman, S F Morin
1Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, USA.
New Directions for Mental Health Services
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
The emergency psychiatrist must first differentiate abnormal behavior with a medical etiology from that caused by so-called functional processes. Delays in diagnosis can be catastrophic and make a compelling argument for physician involvement in emergency mental health care.