Profiling police presentations of mental health consumers to an emergency department

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 311-316

  Lee, Soung ^a   Brunero, Scott ^b   Fairbrother, Greg ^b   Cowan, Darrin ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Police Force   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Emergency mental health; Mental health act; Police presentations

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING; POLICE; PSYCHOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; POLICE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRIAGE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 51449092807     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2008.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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