Psychiatric emergency services: A review of the literature and a proposed research agenda

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-165

  Brown, Jennifer Field ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health crisis services; Psychiatric emergency services

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 17644409713     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-005-2336-0     Document Type: Review

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