Race disparities in psychiatric rates in emergency departments

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 116-126

  Kunen, Seth ^a,e   Smith, Patrick O ^b   Niederhauser, Ronda ^c,f   Morris, Jerry A ^d   Marx, Brian D ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Univ of MI School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Regional West Medical Center   (United States)

^d Nevada Mental Health Services   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Regional West Medical Center Scottsbluff   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 13544274459     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.73.1.116     Document Type: Article

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