Use of psychometric tests in an acute psychiatric department according to ethnicity

Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-105

  Berg, John E ^a   Iversen, Valentina C ^b  

^a LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute psychiatry; assessment; ethnicity; immigrants; psychometric tests; treatment decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011500646     PISSN: 17426464     EISSN: 17442206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742646409990033     Document Type: Article

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