Gender and mental illness: An australian overview

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 421-438

  Horsfall, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035382622     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840119734     Document Type: Article

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