Question

what is a behavioral emergency?

Answer 1

A behavioral emergency is also referred as the behavioral crisis as well as the psychiatric emergency. It is characterized by the behavior of the patient or anyone which is totally unusual, out of the control that it may harm self or someone and thus this condition becomes more threatening.

In some cases if may cause severe injuries. In this case the person has the anger and is totally unpredictable. The reason for this behavioral emergency may be due to the mental illness or psychotic problem, drug abuse case of may be the case of the medication error. In some cases the patient may have the head injury also or its history.

The person may have the anxiety or manic, in some cases he/she may have the initial symptoms of schizophrenia.

Hence it is highly required to know the root cause of such behavioral changes and then may proceed to control such caes by the effective medication as well as the counseling.