A mental health crisis in emergency care

Behavioral Healthcare

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 39-40

  Baraff, Larry J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA Emergency Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847190693     PISSN: 19317093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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