Indices of social risk among first attenders of an emergency mental health service in post-conflict East Timor: An exploratory investigation

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 929-932

  Silove, Derrick ^a   Manicavasagar, Vijaya ^a   Baker, Kim ^a   Mausiri, Manual ^a   Soares, Marce ^a   de Carvalho, Florentino ^a   Soares, Aristedes ^a   Amiral, Zulmira Fonseca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community mental health; East Timor; Humanitarian emergencies; Post conflict; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLICE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIMOR-LESTE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; WAR;

EID: 11144317342     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01483.x     Document Type: Article

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