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Table 1 Psychiatric emergency criteria (German Guideline – DGGPN 2019)

From: The significance of nonurgent psychiatric emergencies in an ED: a retrospective study

Absolute Psychiatric Emergency

Relative Psychiatric Emergency

- Suicide attempt

- Confusion

- Concrete suicide ideas/plans

- Withdrawal without delirium

- Severe intoxication

- Suicidality without intention

- Severe state of arousal

- Anxiety and panic disorder

- Aggressiveness/violence caused by mental disorder

- Acute adjustment reaction and psychosocial dysfunction

- Delirium

 
  1. List of all important absolute and relative psychiatric emergencies according to the German guideline for emergency psychiatry (2019)
  2. Legend: The concept of psychiatric emergencies is further subdivided into absolute and relative emergencies. Syndromes associated with absolute psychiatric emergencies differ in severity and demand immediate action, whereas relative psychiatric emergencies do not have the same level of urgency
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BMC Emergency Medicine

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