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Acute settings and conditions: Intensive care unit, heart disease, stroke, seizures

Springer International Publishing, (2015), 367-383
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-11005-9_26
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Abstract

Intensive Care Units, and acute medical conditions seen in such settings are associaed with acute stress and various psychiatric and psychological conditions. They include, delirium in the ICU, and the role of defense and coping mechanisms and personality. Psychiatric aspects of heart disease, stroke, and seizures are discussed.

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Leigh, H. (2015). Acute settings and conditions: Intensive care unit, heart disease, stroke, seizures. In Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Second Edition (pp. 367–383). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11005-9_26

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