Ethnic variations in pathways to acute care and compulsory detention for women experiencing a mental health crisis

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-15

  Lawlor, Caroline ^a   Johnson, Sonia ^a   Cole, Laura ^b   Howard, Louise M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

compulsory admission; ethnicity; pathway to care; women's mental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

COERCION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 83455237209     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764010382369     Document Type: Article

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