In this pre-course we will give an introduction in to a structured approach for patient with an acute mental health emergencies. The APEx course is designed for emergency physicians, psychiatry and all other medical specialist who work in acute care – GP’s, acute internal medicine, or intensivist. This multi-disciplinary course gives a framework and necessary skills to handle crises involving patients with acute confused or suicidal behavior. Emergency physicians and other acute somatic specialist will especially develop a systematic approach to handling psychiatric emergencies and acquire essential techniques, while those in psychiatry and mental health services will gain insight into emergency medicine’s structured approach and benefit from shared learning with their acute care counterparts. And all will benefit from learning a shared model and ‘language’ when consultation over a patient is necessary. So join us in this pre-course to get the essentials of the APEx approach.