Management of mental health patients attending Victorian emergency departments

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 759-767

  Knott, Jonathan C ^a   Pleban, Alex ^a   Taylor, David ^b   Castle, David ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Emergency psychiatric services; Patient care management

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; DIAZEPAM; DROPERIDOL; HALOPERIDOL; MIDAZOLAM; NARCOTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLICE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VICTORIA;

EID: 34547877237     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670701517934     Document Type: Article

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