Escalating mental health care in pediatric emergency departments

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 488-491

  Rogers, Steven C ^a   Mulvey, Christine H ^a   Divietro, Susan ^a   Sturm, Jesse ^a  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; NOTE; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85031850889     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922816684609     Document Type: Note

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