General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 434-436 , September 2006

Factors influencing the stability of psychiatric diagnoses in the emergency setting: review of 934 consecutively inpatient admissions

Received 22 May 2006 ,Accepted 10 July 2006.

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PII: S0163-8343(06)00129-0

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.07.005

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 434-436 , September 2006

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