Case-Control Study of Frequent Visitors to an Urban Psychiatric Emergency Service

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-301

  Arfken, Cynthia L ^a   Zeman, Lori L ^a   Yeager, Lindsay ^a   White, Aja ^a   Mischel, Edward ^b   Amirsadri, Alireza ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1542286191     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.55.3.295     Document Type: Article

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