Guidelines for assessing and diagnosing acute psychosis: A primer

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 8, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Green, Grad C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GUSTATORY HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OLFACTORY HALLUCINATION; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RESTLESSNESS; SAFETY; THOUGHT DISORDER; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 0036958825     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpn.2002.130232     Document Type: Article

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