Gender and ethnicity in first admissions to a psychiatric unit in Trinidad

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 300-303

  Hutchinson, G ^a,b   Ramcharan, C ^a,b   Ghany, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b San Fernando General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 1542300168     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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