behavioral/psychiatric emergencies

a situation in which a patient’s presenting problem is some disorder of mood, thought, or behavior that interferes with his or her activities of daily living.

when the abnormal behavior threatens an individual’s health and safety or the health and safety of another.

• biological • psychopathy • psychosocial • sociocultural

result of a disease process, substance abuse,or psychiatric condition

disorder types include anxiety, mood, personality, somatoform, disassociate, eating, impulse control, schizophrenia, psychotic, holistic, and violence

results from an abnormal reaction to a stressful/traumatic event or abnormal development influences

result from the patient’s actions and interactions within society, or may result from events that causes a profound psychological change

• delirium • stupors • distractability • confusion

• motor activity may be increased, decreased or bizarre • restless • agitated • stereotyped activity • compulsions

• speech maybe abnormally fast or slow • abnormal word usage • pressure of speech • neologisms • echolalia • mutism

• flight of ideas • retardation of thought • circumstancial thinking • preservation • delusions of persecution • delusions of grandeur • thoughts of broadcasting • thought control • obsessions • phobias

• amnesia • memory disorders may affect the mind’s ability to: registration, retention, recall, and recognition • confabulation

disorientation

• illusion - hallucination

intellectual ability

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

amount

axillary, allergies

arterial blood pressure

acromioclavicular

adult onset diabetes

anterior cruciate ligament

binge eating disorder

basal metabolic rate