Short term involuntary psychiatric examination of children in Florida

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 578-584

  Christy, Annette ^a   Kutash, Krista ^a   Stiles, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care services; Children's mental health services; Emergency psychiatry; Repeated admissions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FLORIDA; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33746882138     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-006-0064-0     Document Type: Article

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