Pathway to psychiatric care in Karachi

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 438-439

  Naqvi, Haider A ^a,b   Khan, Murad M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PAKISTAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THERAPY DELAY;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PAKISTAN; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33748422949     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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