Profile of child and adolescent psychiatry in Oman

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 391-395

  Al Sharbati, Marwan M ^a   Al Hussaini, Ala'Aldin A ^a   Antony, Sajjeev X ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEFT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OMAN;

EID: 0037517072     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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