Use of emergency department services for somatic reasons by people with serious mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 563-566

  Hackman, Ann L ^a   Goldberg, Richard W ^a,b   Brown, Clayton H ^a,b   Fang, Li Juan ^a   Dickerson, Faith B ^c   Wohlheiter, Karen ^a   Medoff, Deborah R ^a,b   Kreyenbuhl, Julie A ^a,b   Dixon, Lisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA Capitol Network MIRECC   (United States)

^c SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING;

EID: 33645672624     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2006.57.4.563     Document Type: Article

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