Level of agitation of psychiatric patients presenting to an emergency department

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-113

  Zun, Leslie S ^a,b   Downey, La Vonne A ^c  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ARTICLE; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 45749121223     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.v10n0204     Document Type: Article

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