The Peregrinating Psychiatric Patient in the Emergency Department

Many emergency department (ED) psychiatric patients present after traveling. Although such travel, or peregrination, has long been associated with factitious disorder, other diagnoses are more common among travelers, including psychotic disorders, personality disorders, and substance abuse. Traveler...

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Published in:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Main Authors:	Scott A. Simpson, Jagoda Pasic
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2016-09-01
Subjects:	psychiatry
Online Access:	http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6f5749cb

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