Should emergency medicine physicians screen for psychiatric disorders?

Psychiatric Times

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Kunen, Seth ^a   Mandry, Cris V ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Emergency Medicine Program   (United States)

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EID: 33845725189     PISSN: 08932905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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