Attenders of a university hospital psychiatric emergency service in Belgium - General characteristics and gender differences

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 146-153

  Bruffaerts, Ronny ^a   Sabbe, M ^a   Demyttenaere, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gender differences; Psychiatric emergencies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BELGIUM; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 2142752608     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-004-0708-x     Document Type: Article

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