Factors associated with involuntary return to a psychiatric emergency service within 12 months

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1212-1217

  Segal, Steven P ^a   Akutsu, Phillip D ^a,b   Watson, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031692180     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.49.9.1212     Document Type: Article

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