Police referrals to an urban psychiatric emergency room in Israel

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 641-646

  Kimhi, Robert ^a   Zohar, Moshe ^a   Barak, Yoram ^a   Barak, Israel ^b  

^a Abarbanel Mental Health Centre   (Israel)

^b Ministry of Police   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emergency room; Police referrals; Psychiatric patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030444756     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189608415047     Document Type: Article

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