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The Diagnostic Distribution of Treated Psychiatric Illness in Lebanon

Part I. The diagnostic distribution in the point prevalence group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Herant Katchadourian
Affiliation:
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, California 94305
John Racy
Affiliation:
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York 14620

Extract

The background, methodology, and general results of a comprehensive survey of treated psychiatric illness in Lebanon have been described in an earlier report (4). The investigation consisted of obtaining biographical and diagnostic data on all patients seen by psychiatrists in Lebanon over a six-month period (15 February 1964 to 15 August 1964) and was carried out with the collaboration of all three psychiatric hospitals in the country and twenty of the twenty-one psychiatrists practising within and outside these institutions.

Type
Research Article
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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