Aggressive behaviour and mental illness: A study of inpatients at Aro Neuropsychiatry Hospital, Abeokuta

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-355

  Amoo, G ^a   Fatoye, F O ^b  

^a Neuropsychiatry Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aggressive Behaviour; Mental Illness; South Western Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956653864     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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