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INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY

Characteristics of admissions to a recently opened Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre

Vlasios Brakoulias Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School – Nepean, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
(Lecturer and Staff Specialist) ,
Rama Mandali Panorama Clinic, Bathurst Base Hospital, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
(Career Medical Officer) ,
Joanne Seymour Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, NSW, Australia
(Mental Health Nurse Practitioner) ,
Peter Sammut Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School – Nepean, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
(Research Assistant) &
Vladan Starcevic Associate Professor, Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School – Nepean, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
(Associate Professor)
Pages 326-329 | Published online: 21 Jul 2010

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