Gender and psychiatric diagnosis: A profile of admissions to mental hospitals in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-81

  Strebel, A ^a   Stacey, M ^b   Msomi, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b Trauma Ctr Survivors Violence T   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Admissions; Gender; Management; Mental hospitals; Psychiatric diagnosis; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0442326351     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007370050039     Document Type: Article

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