Psychosocial issues in a child and adolescent psychiatric clinic population in Nigeria

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 667-672

  Omigbodun, Olayinka O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Child psychiatry clinic; Nigeria; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ENURESIS; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NIGERIA; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLANNING; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RELATIVE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NIGERIA; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 5644293506     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-004-0793-x     Document Type: Article

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