Impact of a crisis assessment and treatment service on admissions into an acute psychiatric unit

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-139

  Adesanya, Adesina ^a  

^a Aramadale Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crisis assessment and treatment service; Inpatient units; Rural and remote psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PSYCHIATRY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CRITICAL CARE; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 21644444842     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2005.02176.x     Document Type: Article

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