Retrospective case note review of patients brought to Ipswich emergency department under mental health emergency examination orders: Does intoxication alter outcome?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 532-536

  Brierley, Stephen ^a   Baker, Kylie ^a   Brack, Janet ^b   Cunningham, Sgt Peter ^c  

^a Ipswich Hospital   (Australia)

^b Darling Downs West Moreton Health Service   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol intoxication; Emergency; Mental health; Process assessment (health care); Substance abuse disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650361104     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01350.x     Document Type: Article

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