Study of psychiatric consequences of closed head injury at the Kenyatta National Hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 332-335

  Sebit, M B ^a   Siziya, S ^b   Ndetei, D M ^b   Sande, G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BENDER TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BENDER-GESTALT TEST; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031738828     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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