Emergency department contact prior to suicide in mental health patients

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 467-471

  Da Cruz, Damian ^a   Pearson, A ^a   Saini, P ^a   Miles, C ^a   While, D ^a   Swinson, N ^a   Williams, A ^a   Shaw, J ^a   Appleby, L ^a   Kapur, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; TIME OF DEATH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956372045     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.081869     Document Type: Article

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