Emergency Psychiatric Admission to the General Hospital a Formulation of the Process Academic Article

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abstract

The literature regarding the decision-making process leading to psychiatric hospitalization in a general hospital is reviewed. On the basis of the limited data available in the literature, a decision-making model is proposed, based on variables relating to the clinician, the patient and the situational context.

authors

Bartolucci, G
Goodman, JT
Streiner, David Lloyd

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published

publication date

December 1975

has subject area

11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences (FoR)
Commitment of Mentally Ill (MeSH)
Community Mental Health Services (MeSH)
Decision Making (MeSH)
Emergency Services, Psychiatric (MeSH)
Family (MeSH)
Forensic Psychiatry (MeSH)
Hospital Bed Capacity (MeSH)
Hospitals, General (MeSH)
Humans (MeSH)
Internship and Residency (MeSH)
Mental Disorders (MeSH)
Mental Health Services (MeSH)
Minority Groups (MeSH)
Psychiatry (MeSH)
Psychiatry (Science Metrix)
Role (MeSH)
Social Perception (MeSH)
Social Work, Psychiatric (MeSH)
Time Factors (MeSH)

published in

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry Journal