title: Psychiatric emergency services in the Veterans Health Administration: a review.
abstract: The VA health care system is the largest source of public mental health care in the country, providing specialty mental health care services to more than 550,000 veterans annually. This chapter reviews the nature and scope of VA psychiatric emergency services.
authors.affiliation: VA Chicago Health Care Systems, West Side Division, USA.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Noronha
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Desai
mesh_terms: D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000592:standards / Q000600:supply & distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs