Incidence and correlates of delirium in a West African mental health clinic

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-181

  Ola, Bolanle Adeyemi ^a   Crabb, Jim ^b   Krishnadas, Rajeev ^b   Erinfolami, Adebayo Rasheed ^c   Olagunju, Andrew ^d  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^d LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Delirium; Mental health; Nigeria; Psychiatry; West Africa

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NIGERIA; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RELIGION;

EID: 77950691356     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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