Pattern of psychiatric admission in a Nigerian teaching hospital: A 5-year retrospective study

Research Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 231-235

  Issa, Baba A ^a   Yussuf, Abdullah D ^a   Ajiboye, Peter O ^a   Adegunloye, Olusola A ^a   Buhari, Olubunmi N ^a   Parakoyi, Martins T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Admission pattern; Clinical factors; Mental health; Psychiatry; Socio demographic; Teaching hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOOD DISORDER; NIGERIA; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 77953383812     PISSN: 18159346     EISSN: 19936095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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