Mental health problems of men attending district-level clinical psychology services in South Africa

Psychological Reports

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 773-783

  Evans, Dylan J ^a   Pillay, Anthony L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Fort Napier Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 70349586726     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.104.3.773-783     Document Type: Article

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