[Problems posed by medico-psychiatric emergencies in Tunisia].

The writers are interested in the consequences resulting from dividing emergencies into medico-surgical and psychiatric emergencies which would concern the efficiency of first aid to the cases where ther's an interference between medical and psychiatric disorders. Three situations will be envisaged and commented upon according to examination medico-surgical emergencies with a psychiatric expression, medico-surgical emergencies of the mentally-ill patient and psychiatric emergencies with a medico-surgical expression. The authors conclude by showing the interest of simultaneously taking into account both the somatic and the psychiatric fields. This would implicate a larger collaboration between somatic physician and psychiatric physician.