Paediatric mental and physical health presentations to emergency departments, Victoria, 2008-15

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 208, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 343-348

  Hiscock, Harriet ^a   Neely, Rachel J ^b   Lei, Shaoke ^a,b   Freed, Gary ^c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE BURDEN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; TIME FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85046890537     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja17.00434     Document Type: Article

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