Co-morbid psychiatric disorders among subjects in stable state of heart failure in a West African teaching hospital

British Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 322-325

  Mbakwem, Amam C ^a   Aina, Olatunji F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Psychiatric morbidity; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATIZATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 57449083590     PISSN: 09696113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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