Health services utilization by school going Omani adolescents and youths with DSM IV mental disorders and barriers to service use

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Al Riyami, Asya A ^a   Al Adawi, Samir H ^b   Al Kharusi, Hilal A ^a   Morsi, Magdi M ^a   Jaju, Sanjay S ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OMAN; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 79961232566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-3-22     Document Type: Article

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