How does violence potential relate to crisis intervention team responses to emergencies?

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-204

  Skeem, Jennifer ^a   Bibeau, Lynne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DETENTION; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; FORCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POLICE; SUICIDE; THREAT; VIOLENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COERCION; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEVADA; POLICE; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VIOLENCE;

EID: 85047685772     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.2.201     Document Type: Article

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