Psychiatric outpatients in a general hospital of Ethiopia: diagnostic and sociodemographic characteristics.

Journal: The International journal of social psychiatry

Volume: 34

Issue: 3

Year of Publication: 1989

Affiliated Institutions:  Dept. of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

Abstract summary 

Delivery of mental health care in developing countries has been woefully inadequate. General hospital psychiatric units can play a significant role in providing care to the mentally ill as well as in the training of health professionals. The problems of mental illness are practically the same everywhere as has been highlighted in this paper, which discusses the functioning and diagnostic and demographic data of such a unit in Ethiopia. The paper also compares diagnostic data from Ethiopia with that of an Indian and a British study.

Authors & Co-authors:  Khandelwal S K SK Workneh F F

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Authors :  2
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Doi : 
SSN : 0020-7640
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Adult
Other Terms
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Ethiopia
Publication Country
England