Helping kids in crisis managing psychiatric emergencies in children and adolescents

• Other Authors: Haddad, Fadi 1967- (Editor), Gerson, Ruth 1981- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychiatric Publishing 2015; ©2015
• Subjects: Mental Disorders > therapy; Emergency Services, Psychiatric; Crisis Intervention; Child; Adolescent
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 Helping Kids in Crisis: Managing Psychiatric Emergencies in Children and Adolescents provides expert guidance to practitioners responding to high-stakes situations, such as children considering or attempting suicide, cutting or injuring themselves purposely, and becoming aggressive or violently destructive. Children experiencing behavioral crises frequently reach critical states in venues that were not designed to respond to or support them -- in school, for example, or at home among their highly stressed and confused families. Professionals who provide services to these children must be able to quickly determine threats to safety and initiate interventions to deescalate behaviors, often with limited resources. The editors and authors have extensive experience at one of the busiest and best regional referral centers for children with psychiatric emergencies, and have deftly translated their expertise into this symptom-based guide to help non-psychiatric clinicians more effectively and compassionately care for this challenging population