Mental health services availability and admission of the seriously mentally ill from the emergency department

Journal of Health and Human Services Administration

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 292-308

  Moseley, Charles ^a   Shen, Jay ^a   Cochran, Christopher ^a  

^a Water Resources Management Program and Department of Geoscience   (United States)

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EID: 58449092561     PISSN: 10793739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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