Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 117-125 , June 2006

Emergency Department Visits for Suicidality in Three Hospitals

Findings from this study were presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, November 2005, Nashville, TN.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2005.11.001

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 117-125 , June 2006