Emergency Department as a First Contact for Mental Health Problems in Children and Youth

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 475-482.e4

  Gill, Peter J ^a   Saunders, Natasha ^a,b   Gandhi, Sima ^c   Gonzalez, Alejandro ^c   Kurdyak, Paul ^c,d   Vigod, Simone ^c,e   Guttmann, Astrid ^a,c,f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c Icing   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

access; emergency department; first contact; mental health services; primary care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REFUGEE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ONTARIO; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ONTARIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017520779     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2017.03.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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