Encephale
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The increasing prevalence of the agitation states in the emergency department (ED) is a problem little studied on the epidemiological plan. ⋯ The management of the agitated patients in the ED requires the placing of protocols and of specific trainings as well as of adapted premises. The major prevalence of attacks imposes realization of epidemiological studies and the priority placing of a coherent politics, considering the potential and often real gravity of these behavioural problems.