Guidelines fos assessing and diagnosing acute psychosis: A primer

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Green, Grad C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOLALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; NURSING; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THOUGHT DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; TRIAGE;

EID: 0036932857     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/men.2002.129973     Document Type: Article

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