Prevalence of psychological symptoms in Saudi Secondary School girls in Abha, Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 275-279

  Al Gelban, Khalid S ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOIA; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149124159     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.55308     Document Type: Article

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