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Title: Gender differences in psychiatric admissions: The influence of culture and social structure.
Author: Amin, Yousreya {a}; Hamdi, Emad
Abstract:
Retrospective analysis of 2,745 psychiatric admissions over 5 yrs showed a consistent excess of male over female inpatients by a ratio of 1.49:1. To explore this phenomenon, 80 male and 44 female admissions over 3 mo were prospectively assessed, using a m
Journal: Arab Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 6(1), May 1995: 66-81.