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; N Fountoulakis, Konstantinos; Courtet, Philippe; Naber, Dieter; W Chan, Esther; Fagiolini, Andrea; Jürgen Möller, Hans; Grunze, Heinz; Michel Llorca, Pierre; 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.

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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

Agitation

assessment

psychiatric emergency

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