Characteristics of admissions to a recently opened Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 326-329

  Brakoulias, Vlasios ^a   Mandali, Rama ^b   Seymour, Joanne ^c   Sammut, Peter ^a   Starcevic, Vladan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Western NSW Local Health District   (Australia)

^c NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment disorders; Aggressive behaviour; Emergency services; Mental health services; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZATROPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; MIDAZOLAM; TEMAZEPAM;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DELIRIUM; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYSTHYMIA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; NARCISSISM; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISONING; PREVALENCE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954886358     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10398562.2010.498051     Document Type: Article

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