Evaluating the use of a psychiatric intensive care unit: Is ethnicity a risk factor for admission?

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-46

  Feinstein, Anthony ^a,b   Holloway, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ADMISSION; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036236335     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076402128783073     Document Type: Article

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