Which of the following is a psychiatric emergency: (A) Capgras syndrome, (B) Suicide, (C) Acute schizophrenia, (D) Cocaine use
Answer is B. Suicide is a psychiatric emergency. Suicide is preventable and can be identified early using a scale called as SAD PERSONS scale. Other impoant psychiatric emergencies are neuroleptic malignant syndrome Serotonin syndrome Agitated patient Ref.Kaplon and sadock, synopsis of psychiatry, 11 th edition, pg no. 763