• Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. · Dec 1999

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    Medical assessment of patients presenting with psychiatric symptoms in the emergency setting.

    • I Lagomasino, R Daly, and A Stoudemire.
    • UCLA Center for Health Services Research, USA.
    • Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. 1999 Dec 1;22(4):819-50, viii-ix.

    AbstractPsychiatrists in the emergency department (ED) are often asked to evaluate patients with disturbances of affect, behavior, and cognition. The first and most crucial step in the evaluation process is to eliminate possible medical causes for a patient presenting psychiatric symptoms. Failure to detect and diagnose underlying medical disorders may result in significant and unnecessary morbidity and mortality.

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