Characteristics of children and youth who visit the emergency department for a behavioural disorder

Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-117

  Liu, Stacy ^a   Ali, Samina ^a,b   Rosychuk, Rhonda J ^a,b   Newton, Amanda S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Women and Children's Health Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural disorders; Emergency department; Mental health; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERKINETIC DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIXED DISORDER OF CONDUCT AND EMOTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHIATRIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84900800328     PISSN: 17198429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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