Aims: The objectives were to determine the prevalence of psychiatric emergencies and establish the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of these patients.
Methodology: Our work was set in the Clinic of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology and Medical Emergency Service of the University Hospital S. Olympio.
Introduction: the objectives were to describe the mechanisms of psychiatric emergency care in a context of limited human resources and the existing therapeutic modalities within the general evaluation framework of the activity of the emergency service.
Methodology: Our study was set in the Clinic of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology (CPMP) and the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) of the Campus University Hospital (Lome). It was a prospective study including a descriptive and analytical focus involving patients admitted from January 1 to December 31, 2013.