Referral pattern of physical diseases in psychiatric in-patients

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 864-868

  Al Sughayir, Mohammed A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Psychiatry; Referral pattern

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0034280276     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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