Emergency treatment of young people following deliberate self-harm

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1122-1128

  Olfson, Mark ^a   Gameroff, Marc J ^a   Marcus, Steven C ^b   Greenberg, Ted ^a   Shaffer, David ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SELF MUTILATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25844526530     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.62.10.1122     Document Type: Article

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