Interrater agreement among psychiatrists in psychiatric emergency assessments

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1423-1428

  Way, Bruce B ^a   Allen, Michael H ^b   Mumpower, Jeryl L ^b   Stewart, Thomas R ^b   Banks, Steven M ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSIS; RELIABILITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0031596182     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.10.1423     Document Type: Article

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