Involuntary psychiatric attendances at an Australasian emergency department: A comparison of police and health-care worker initiated presentations

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 593-599

  Llewellin, Peter ^a   Arendts, Glenn ^c,d,e   Weeden, Jacqueline ^b   Pethebridge, Andrew ^b  

^a WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commitment of mentally ill; Emergency medicine; Law enforcement; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AUSTRALASIA; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIOLENCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80054079696     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01448.x     Document Type: Article

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