Admission to women's crisis houses or to psychiatric wards: Women's pathways to admission

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1443-1449

  Howard, Louise M ^a   Rigon, Elena ^b   Cole, Laura ^a   Lawlor, Caroline ^c   Johnson, Sonia ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 57049144398     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.12.1443     Document Type: Article

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