Voluntary psychiatric emergencies in Los Angeles County after funding of California's Mental Health Services Act

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 808-814

  Bruckner, Tim A ^a   Kim, Yonsu ^a   Chakravarthy, Bharath ^a   Brown, Timothy Tyler ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84864644079     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100372     Document Type: Article

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