Abstract
Suicidal self-injurious behaviors, together with neuroleptic malignant syndrome induced by the use of substances with strong antidopaminergic action, such as antipsychotic drugs, are the clinical situations, in psychiatry, that put patients' lives at risk (Hawton and van Heeringen, 2009; Pileggi and Cook, 2016). Self-injurious behaviors represent a medical emergency that merits careful clinical evaluation, with an empathic attitude, without criticizing or ridiculing (Campo-Arias and Herazo, 2015; Mingote, Jiménez, Osorio and Palomo, 2004). A large number of people who engage in self-injurious behaviors do not reach emergency services, for different reasons, and the...
| Translated title of the contribution | Psychiatric emergencies: The patient with psychomotor agitation |
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| Original language | Spanish (Colombia) |
| Title of host publication | Guía de decisión en urgencias medicina del adulto (GUMA) |
| Place of Publication | Santa Marta, Colombia |
| Publisher | Universidad del Magdalena |
| Chapter | 9 |
| Pages | 228-238 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-958-746-143-5, 978-958-746-144-2 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-958-746-142-8 |
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| State | Published - 2018 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Emergency Medicine
- Psychiatry and Mental health