Use of the brief psychiatric rating scale as a predictor of psychiatric admission for non-suicidal patients

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-220

  Hooten, W Michael ^a,b   Lyketsos, Constantine G ^a   Mollenhauer, Mark ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief Psychicatric Rating Scale; Emergency psychiatric; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RATING SCALE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031817801     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/1YVH-LBFF-QJRD-R2ET     Document Type: Article

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