Observation levels in acute psychiatric admissions

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-33

  Langenbach, Michael ^a   Junaid, Ola ^b   Hodgson Nwaefulu, Christine M ^c   Kennedy, Joanne ^e   Moorhead, Stephen R ^d   Ruiz, Paloma ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HARROGATE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Child and Family Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^f Polyklinik   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dangerous behaviour; Hospital patient relations; Psychiatric hospitals; Risk assessment; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HOSPITAL; OBSERVATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032765439     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004060050062     Document Type: Article

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