Overview
- Presents pragmatic, scientifically proven de-escalation techniques in a clear manner
- Enables readers to improve their communication skills in emotionally critical situations
- Edited and written by experts working in psychiatric intensive care units
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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About this book
Based on the clinical experience of the editors and authors, who work in emergency psychiatry settings, the book offers practical key expressions to promote a normalization talk, to calm agitated individuals, and to prevent crises both for psychiatric patients and people without mental disorders.
It is a useful tool to help readers gain confidence as mediators in critical circumstances and will be of interest for a wide range of practitioners in healthcare settings, from psychiatrists and psychologists, to nurses and other healthcare workers.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Massimo Pasquini, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Department Of Human Neurosciences - Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. He is also the coordinator of the outpatient service for Psycho-Oncology. He has authored or co-authored around 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals (H index 21, Scopus 2020), as well as a number of book chapters. He has delivered numerous presentations and posters at national and international congresses.
Lorenzo Tarsitani, MD, PhD, is currently an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the International Medical School - Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. He was qualified as Associate Professor of Psychiatry in 2017. He is the Coordinator of the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit at "Umberto I" University Hospital of Rome. Since 2005, he has occasionally worked as a temporary advisor and consultant for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse of the World Health Organization, in Geneva, as part of the Mental Health Global Action Programme project. He received his medical degree in 1999 from the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, where he also specialized in psychiatry in 2003. He has authored and co-authored around 70 scientific papers (Scopus H-index: 15) and 20 book chapters.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Empathy, Normalization and De-escalation
Book Subtitle: Management of the Agitated Patient in Emergency and Critical Situations
Editors: Massimo Biondi, Massimo Pasquini, Lorenzo Tarsitani
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65106-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65105-3Published: 29 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65108-4Published: 29 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-65106-0Published: 28 January 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 147
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine, Nursing