Presenting problems and treatment expectations among service users accessing psychiatric outpatient care: Are there gender differences?

Israel Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 212-218

  Nakash, Ora ^a   Nagar, Maayan ^a   Levav, Itzhak ^b  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84936777590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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