Assessment and management of agitation in psychiatry: Expert consensus

Garriga, Marina; Pacchiarotti, Isabella; Kasper, Siegfried; L. Zeller, Scott; H. Allen, Michael; Vázquez, Gustavo; Baldaçara, Leonardo; San, Luis; Hamish McAllister‐Williams, R.; Ν. Fountoulakis, Konstantinos; Courtet, Philippe; Naber, Dieter; W. Chan, Esther; Fagiolini, Andrea; Möller, Hans; Grunze, Heinz; Llorca, Pierre‐Michel; L. Jaffe, Richard; N. Yatham, Lakshmi; Hidalgo‐Mazzei, Diego; Passamar, Marc; Messer, Thomas; Bernardo, Miquel; Vieta, Eduard

doi:10.3109/15622975.2015.1132007

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Assessment and management of agitation in psychiatry: Expert consensus

Published in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry • Feb 17, 2016

Authors:

Marina Garriga

Isabella Pacchiarotti

Siegfried Kasper

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Psychomotor agitation is associated with different psychiatric conditions and represents an important issue in psychiatry. Current recommendations on agitation in psychiatry are not univocal. Actually, an improper assessment and management may result in unnecessary coercive or sedative t...

Subject

Psychomotor agitation

Psychomotor learning

Delphi method

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