Emergency department recognition of mental disorders and short-term outcome of deliberate self-harm

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1442-1450

  Olfson, Mark ^a,b,c,d   Marcus, Steven C ^a,b,c,d   Bridge, Jeffrey A ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889592924     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12121506     Document Type: Article

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