Children and adolescents in the Psychiatric Emergency Department: A 10-year survey in Copenhagen County

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 385-390

  Taastrom, Annette ^a   Klahn, Julie ^a   Staal, Nina ^a   Thomsen, Per Hove ^b   Johansen, Anders ^c  

^a Mental Health Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Psychiatric emergencies; Social difficulties; Suicidal behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL WORK; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES; SOCIAL DIFFICULTIES; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENMARK; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84904439823     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2013.846410     Document Type: Article

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