General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 263-268 , July 2005

Psychiatric disorders among patients admitted to a French medical emergency service

  • Veronique Saliou, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, 75018, AP-HP Paris, France
    • ,
  • Anika Fichelle, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Service, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, 75018, AP-HP Paris, France
    • ,
  • Mary McLoughlin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, 75018, AP-HP Paris, France
    • ,
  • Isabelle Thauvin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, 75018, AP-HP Paris, France
    • ,
  • Michel Lejoyeux, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, 75018, AP-HP Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 1 40 25 82 62.

Received 8 November 2004 ,Accepted 16 March 2005.

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PII: S0163-8343(05)00042-3

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2005.03.009

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 263-268 , July 2005

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