Focus on psychiatry in Japan

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 184, Issue JAN., 2004, Pages 88-92

  Tsuchiya, Kenji J ^a   Takei, Nori ^b,c,d  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Stanley Foundation Research Centre   (Japan)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DAY CARE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAW; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0347003545     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.184.1.88     Document Type: Review

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