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rgencies in Children Versus Adults A psychiatric emergency is a disturbance of mood, behavior, or thought which may lead to harm to the individual or others if untreated (Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2014). In both pediatric and adult psychiatric emergencies, the clinician must ensure the safety of everyone involved (Chun, Katz, Duffy, 2013). A complete assessment should be performed. Goals of the psychiatric emergency assessment are to determine whether client poses a risk of harm to sel...