Characteristics of persons referred by police to the psychiatric emergency room
DE McNiel, C Hatcher, H Zeiner, HL Wolfe…�- Psychiatric�…, 1991 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
DE McNiel, C Hatcher, H Zeiner, HL Wolfe, RS Myers
Psychiatric Services, 1991•Am Psychiatric AssocCharacteristics of Persons Referredby Police to the Psychiatric Emergency Room Page 1
DSM-III-R; level ofoverall psychiat nc impairment at the time of admis sion, based on the treating
clinician's rating on the Global Assessment Scale (GAS) (6); the extent of recent suicidal
behavior, which was coded from chart notes according to an Un published scale developed by
Han greaves, LeGoullen, and Gaynor in 1983; a rating by the treating clii cian ofwhcthcr drug
or alcohol prob lems were present; and the presence or absence ofviolcnt behavior during the�…
DSM-III-R; level ofoverall psychiat nc impairment at the time of admis sion, based on the treating
clinician's rating on the Global Assessment Scale (GAS) (6); the extent of recent suicidal
behavior, which was coded from chart notes according to an Un published scale developed by
Han greaves, LeGoullen, and Gaynor in 1983; a rating by the treating clii cian ofwhcthcr drug
or alcohol prob lems were present; and the presence or absence ofviolcnt behavior during the�…
Methods The setting was the psychiatric emergency service ofthe San Francis co General Hospital, a university-af filiated hospital funded to serve the city and county ofSan Francisco. The sample consisted of all patients
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