Psychiatric emergencies: psychomotor agitation management and suicide risk assessment
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Protocol for the management of psychiatric patients with psychomotor agitation
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicina (Ribeirao Preto. Online)
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2176-7262,0076-6046
DOI: 10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v50isupl1.p98-112