A comparison of psychiatric referrals within the teaching hospital with those from primary care and general hospitals in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 57-65

  Al Habeeb, Tariq A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

diagnostic pattern; general hospitals; mental health facility.; primary care; psychiatric consultations; Psychiatric referrals; referred consultees; teaching hospital

Indexed keywords

EID: 75449120352     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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