Use and Abuse of Psychiatric Emergency Services
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine
- Vol. 10 (1) , 1-8
- https://doi.org/10.2190/30u7-cmt5-hank-vl9w
Abstract
The pattern of use of psychiatric emergency services of a large university hospital are examined for a twelve month period. Factors associated with social isolation and poverty were found to be linked both with multiple episodes and disposition to a public facility. The implications for health planners are discussed.Keywords
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