Improving the Design of the Assessment of Emergency Department Patients at Risk for Self-Harm

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-469

  Gaddis, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE;

ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIOLENCE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE;

EID: 33748770349     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.08.007     Document Type: Editorial

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