Children's mental health emergencies-part 3: Special situations: Child maltreatment, violence, and response to disasters

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 569-577

  Baren, Jill M ^a   Mace, Sharon E ^b,c,d   Hendry, Phyllis L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MetroHealth Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Disasters; Mental health; Violence

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; EMERGENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTERS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; TRIAGE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 53049094678     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318180fef2     Document Type: Review

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