Open AccessGender and psychiatric diagnosis: a 5-year retrospective study in a Nigerian federal medical centre
Author(s) -
T M Agbir,
M Oyigeya,
Moses David Audu,
D D Dapap,
SG Goar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v19i4.61976
Subject(s) - medicine , psychiatry
The role of gender in psychiatry disorders is becoming increasingly important. This study is therefore, aimed at identifying gender pattern of admissions to a public mental health centre with regards to demographic characteristic, psychiatry diagnosis and length of stay on admission.