Predictors of emergency department visits by persons with intellectual disability experiencing a psychiatric crisis

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-290

  Lunsky, Yona ^a   Balogh, Robert ^a   Cairney, John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREDICTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84858206796     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100124     Document Type: Article

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