Patient and contextual factors related to the decision to hospitalize patients from emergency psychiatric services

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1586-1591

  George, Lindsey ^a,d   Durbin, Janet ^b,c   Sheldon, Tess ^c   Goering, Paula ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d Assertive Community Treatment Team   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

ADULT; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036893533     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.53.12.1586     Document Type: Article

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