Prevalence of mental illness among Saudi adult primary-care patients in Central Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 721-724

  Al Khathami, Abdallah D ^a,c   Ogbeide, Danny O ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Military Armed Forces Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Mental illness; Prevalence; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIVORCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIDOW;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0036319591     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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