Pattern of psychiatry morbidity during Hajj period at Al-Noor Specialist Hospital

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-172

  Masood, Khadija ^a   Gazzaz, Zohair J ^a   Ismail, Khalid ^b   Dhafar, Khalid O ^a   Kamal, Ahmad ^a  

^a AL NOOR SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b General Directorate MOH

Author keywords

Haji period; Pattern; Psychiatric morbidity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOOD; MORBIDITY; MOSLEM; NEUROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLEEP; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ISLAM; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34547953403     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/87X8-K561-7162-10XX     Document Type: Article

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