The role of race in diagnostic and disposition decision making in a pediatric psychiatric emergency service

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-276

  Muroff, Jordana ^a   Edelsohn, Gail A ^c,d   Joe, Sean ^b   Ford, Briggett C ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Diagnosis; Disposition; Psychiatric emergency services; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALCOHOLISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHILADELPHIA; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 42149193036     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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