The management of adult psychiatric emergencies in low-income and middle-income countries: A systematic review

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 540-547

  Nadkarni, Abhijit ^a,b   Hanlon, Charlotte ^c,d   Bhatia, Urvita ^a,b   Fuhr, Daniela ^a   Ragoni, Celina ^e   de Azevedo Perocco, Sérgio Luiz ^f   Fortes, Sandra ^g   Shidhaye, Rahul ^h   Kinyanda, Eugene ⁱ   Rangaswamy, Thara ^j   Patel, Vikram ^a,b,h  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Sangath   (India)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

ⁱ MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^j SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGITATION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOSIS; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INCOME; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84930063857     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00094-2     Document Type: Review

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