What is Emergency psychiatry?
'''Emergency psychiatry''' is the use of [[psychiatry]] in an [[emergency]] situation. Examples of such situations include people [[Suicide|trying to kill themselves]] or [[Suicidal ideation|thinking about it]], [[substance abuse]], [[Depression (mental illness)|depression]], [[psychosis]], [[Panic attack|panic attacks]], suddenly becoming [[Violence|violent]], or people showing other sudden unexplained changes in behaviour. Treatment is often complex. Many people who are sent to emergency psychiatry often have other [[mental health]] issues. They may have gone though a crisis, which triggered the behavior. Very often, people are in a life-threatening condition, or there is a great risk that they gravely harm themselves. Usually, the idea is to stabilize the patient. Once the patient is stable, he or she can then be transferred to long-term treatment or rehabilitation. There are different [[Drug|drugs]] and [[Therapy|therapies]] that can be used. Very often, these drugs can be [[Injection|injected]]. One of the things these drugs usually do is calm the patient down. That way physical restraints need to be used less often in emergency settings. [[Category:Emergency medicine]]