Child psychiatry in Johannesburg, South Africa. A descriptive account of cases presenting at two clinics in 1997

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-188

  Vogel, W ^a   Holford, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Complaints; Database; Diagnoses; Stressors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032731853     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007870050127     Document Type: Article

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