General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 515-522 , November 2009

The Psychiatric Emergency Research Collaboration-01: methods and results

  • Edwin D. Boudreaux, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry, Cooper University Hospital and UMDNJ-RWJMS, One Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 508 334 3817, +1 856 701 2153 (cell).
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  • Michael H. Allen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
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  • Cindy Claassen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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  • Glenn W. Currier, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
    • VISN2 Center of Excellence, Canandaigua VAMC, Canandaigua, NY, USA
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  • Louise Bertman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Rachel Glick, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Jennifer Park, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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  • David Feifel, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA
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  • Carlos A. Camargo Jr., M.D., Dr.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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  • On behalf of the PERC

Received 26 February 2009 ,Accepted 28 April 2009.

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General Hospital Psychiatry
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