I. Foundations

1. The Domain of Psychological Emergencies: An Overview, Kleespies

2. Crisis Theory and Crisis Intervention in Emergencies, Callahan

3. The Emergency Interview, Kleespies, Deleppo, Mori, and Niles

II. The Evaluation and Management of Life-Threatening Behavior

4. The Evaluation and Management of the Suicidal Patient, Clark

5. Empirically Based Clinical Evaluation and Management of the Potentially Violent Patient, McNie

l6. Crisis Assessment and Interventions with Victims of Violence, Yassen and Harvey

7. Life and Death Decisions: Refusing Life-Sustaining Treatment, Kleespies and Mori

8. The Emergency Telephone Call, Kleespies and Blackburn

III. Risk Management in Psychological Emergencies

9. Risk Management with the Suicidal Patient, Bongar, Greaney, and Peruzzi

10. Risk Management with the Violent Patient, Eddy and Harris

IV. Emergency-Related Crises and Conditions

11. Responding to Self-Injurious Behavior, Deiter and Pearlman

12. The Evaluation and Management of Alcohol and Drug-Related Crises, Trezza and Popp

V. Medical Conditions Presenting as Psychological Crises

13. Side Effects of and Reactions to Psychotropic Medications, Popp and Trezza

14. Psychological/Behavioral Symptoms in Neurological Disorders, White, Marans, and Krengel

15. Psychological Symptoms in Endocrine Disorders, Samson, Levin, and Richardson

16. Psychological Factors in Cardiac Disease, Clark, Nash, Cohen, Chase, and Niaura

VI. The Impact of Emergency Service on the Clinician

17. Emergencies with Suicidal Patients: The Impact on the Clinician, Kleespies, Niles, Mori, and Deleppo

18. The Stress of Violent Behavior for the Clinician, Guy and Brady

19. The Ecstasy and the Agony: The Impact of Disaster and Trauma Work on the Self of the Clinician, Charney and Pearlman