A clinical study of 100 new admissions to an adolescent psychiatric inpatient unit in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-95

  Fung, D S S ^a   Aw, S C ^a  

^a Institute of Health   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Inpatient; Psychiatry; Psychosis; School; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033070263     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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