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The psychiatric emergency service as a setting for social work training. 1985

S F Walsh

The psychiatric emergency service can provide rich training opportunities for social work students. It is a site where they can learn to function in clinically autonomous, independent roles as primary care providers who are responsible for the evaluation, treatment, and disposition of psychiatric emergencies. Assuming responsibility for evaluating and intervening with a wide variety of people in acute distress prepares the student to enter professional practice with self-confidence. The abundant educational opportunities available on the psychiatric emergency service are discussed, teaching strategies to facilitate learning are suggested, and the unique professional growth experiences which derive from training are identified.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007406	Interview, Psychological	A directed conversation aimed at eliciting information for psychiatric diagnosis, evaluation, treatment planning, etc. The interview may be conducted by a social worker or psychologist.	Interview, Psychologic,Interviews, Psychological,Psychological Interview,Psychological Interviews,Interviews, Psychologic,Psychologic Interview,Psychologic Interviews
D008605	Mental Health Services	Organized services to provide mental health care.	Mental Hygiene Services,Health Services, Mental,Services, Mental Health,Services, Mental Hygiene,Health Service, Mental,Hygiene Service, Mental,Hygiene Services, Mental,Mental Health Service,Mental Hygiene Service,Service, Mental Health,Service, Mental Hygiene
D010348	Patient Care Team	Care of patients by a multidisciplinary team usually organized under the leadership of a physician; each member of the team has specific responsibilities and the whole team contributes to the care of the patient.	Health Care Team,Interdisciplinary Health Team,Medical Care Team,Multidisciplinary Care Team,Multidisciplinary Health Team,Healthcare Team,Care Team, Health,Care Team, Medical,Care Team, Multidisciplinary,Care Team, Patient,Care Teams, Health,Care Teams, Patient,Health Care Teams,Health Team, Interdisciplinary,Health Team, Multidisciplinary,Healthcare Teams,Interdisciplinary Health Teams,Medical Care Teams,Multidisciplinary Care Teams,Multidisciplinary Health Teams,Patient Care Teams,Team, Health Care,Team, Healthcare,Team, Interdisciplinary Health,Team, Medical Care,Team, Multidisciplinary Care,Team, Multidisciplinary Health,Team, Patient Care,Teams, Interdisciplinary Health
D012017	Referral and Consultation	The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide.	Consultation,Gatekeepers, Health Service,Hospital Referral,Second Opinion,Consultation and Referral,Health Service Gatekeepers,Hospital Referrals,Referral,Referral, Hospital,Referrals, Hospital,Consultations,Gatekeeper, Health Service,Health Service Gatekeeper,Opinion, Second,Opinions, Second,Referrals,Second Opinions
D003419	Crisis Intervention	Brief therapeutic approach which is ameliorative rather than curative of acute psychiatric emergencies. Used in contexts such as emergency rooms of psychiatric or general hospitals, or in the home or place of crisis occurrence, this treatment approach focuses on interpersonal and intrapsychic factors and environmental modification. (APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 7th ed)	Brief Advice,Brief Interventions,Brief Treatment,Critical Incident Stress Debriefing,Screening and Brief Intervention,Advice, Brief,Brief Intervention,Brief Treatments,Crisis Interventions,Intervention, Brief,Intervention, Crisis,Treatment, Brief
D004637	Emergency Services, Psychiatric	Organized services to provide immediate psychiatric care to patients with acute psychological disturbances.	Emergency Psychiatric Services,Psychiatric Emergency Services,Services, Emergency Psychiatric,Services, Psychiatric Emergency,Emergency Psychiatric Service,Emergency Service, Psychiatric,Psychiatric Emergency Service,Psychiatric Service, Emergency,Psychiatric Services, Emergency,Service, Emergency Psychiatric,Service, Psychiatric Emergency
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001523	Mental Disorders	Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.	Mental Illness,Psychiatric Diseases,Psychiatric Disorders,Psychiatric Illness,Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric,Mental Disorders, Severe,Psychiatric Diagnosis,Illness, Mental,Mental Disorder,Mental Disorder, Severe,Mental Illnesses,Psychiatric Disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychiatric Illnesses,Severe Mental Disorder,Severe Mental Disorders
D012949	Social Work, Psychiatric	Use of all social work processes in the treatment of patients in a psychiatric or mental health setting.	Psychiatric Social Work,Social Service, Psychiatric,Psychiatric Social Service,Psychiatric Social Services,Psychiatric Social Works,Service, Psychiatric Social,Services, Psychiatric Social,Social Services, Psychiatric,Social Works, Psychiatric,Work, Psychiatric Social,Works, Psychiatric Social

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