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Admissions to a Norwegian emergency psychiatric ward: patient characteristics and referring agents. A prospective study

Ingrid H. JohansenNational Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care, Uni Health, Bergen, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
, M.D.,
Liv MellesdalDivision of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
, R.N., M.Sc.,
Hugo A. JørgensenSection for Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
, M.D., Ph.D. &
Steinar HunskaarNational Centre for Emergency Primary Healthcare, Uni Health, Bergen, Norway;Department of Public Health and Primary Healthcare, University of Bergen, Norway
, M.D., Ph.D.
Pages 40-48 | Accepted 16 Jun 2011, Published online: 10 Aug 2011

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