Psychiatric care is a very popular service today in various life situations. The call for psychiatric care must be timely. If you understand that you or someone close to you needs the help of a specialist, do not postpone the call in the long box, take care of the health and safety of people you love.
You will need
- - telephone;
- - mental health care phone number.
Instruction manual
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Before calling for psychiatric help, arrange this with the person who needs it so as not to violate his rights. The exception is cases where the patient’s condition causes concern and threatens his life and the lives of others, and the patient’s mind is clouded.
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Make sure that you need psychiatric care, and not any other type of medical care. The need for emergency psychiatric care is experienced by a separate group of patients: patients who are in a manic state, patients with bouts of seizures, with a severe form of depression, patients with various disorders of consciousness and perception of the surrounding reality.
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If one of these points is just your case, immediately call for psychiatric help. When you wait for the response of the operator, inform by phone all the necessary information.
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What is the phone number from which specialists are called. After that, indicate the last name, first name, middle name; floor; age of the patient; circumstances that led to the call for psychiatric care; actions you have taken; the address at which the patient is located; your last name, first name and patronymic.
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If the patient behaves very aggressively and can harm his life or the lives of others by his behavior, call both the police and psychiatric help. Probably, the police will arrive at the place faster and will be able to keep the patient until the doctors arrive.
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If the patient has suicidal tendencies, consult a psychotherapist or call for psychiatric help. Such cases should always be taken very seriously, even if you understand that the threat of suicide is just a way of manipulating others.
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Calling psychiatric help, give the most clear and complete information about the patient, do not hide anything. This will help specialists correctly diagnose a mental disorder and find the most suitable way to treat it.
