Emergency mental health care for youth in Washington State: Qualitative research addressing hospital emergency departments' identification and referral of youth facing mental health issues

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 742-748

  Reder, Sheri ^a,c   Quan, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral health screening tools; Emergency mental healthcare; Youth facing mental health issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FIRST AID; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLICY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8744269444     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000144916.55253.70     Document Type: Article

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