Management of the suicidal child or adolescent in the emergency department

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-241

  Press, Benet R ^a   Khan, Shahzad A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD PSYCHIATRY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; ALGORITHMS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PEDIATRICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0030835915     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199706000-00009     Document Type: Review

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