Bergen psychiatric emergency room: The patients' sociomedical characteristics, patterns of use, and management

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 423-429

  Lund, Olav ^a,b   Høyersten, Jon Geir ^c   Lund, Anders ^d  

^a Psykiatrisk Senter for Midt Troms   (Norway)

^b Psychiatric Policlinic   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bergen; Emergency services; Psychiatric; Social and psychiatric aspects

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0031454462     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039489709090739     Document Type: Article

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