Use of a psychiatric proforma for accident and emergency officers

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 180-183

  Schnieden, Vivienne ^a   Good, Stewart ^b  

^a Clin Res U for Anxiety Disorders   (Australia)

^b ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency department; History taking; Proforma; Psychiatric illness

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0029937366     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.3.180     Document Type: Article

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