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A Nigerian psychiatric emergency service: factors associated with utilisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. A. Adeniran  and
O. A. Suuwola
R. A. Adeniran
Affiliation:
Registrar, North Wales Hospital, Denbigh, Clwyd LL16 5SS
O. A. Suuwola
Affiliation:
Professor of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Hospital & WHO Collaborating Centre for Research & Training in Mental Health, Abeokuta, Nigeria
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The psychiatric emergency service is a major focal point of entry into the mental health system. Depending on the health care policy and other sociocultural factors, the pattern of attendance in a psychiatric emergency unit tends to differ from one country to another (Bassuk et al, 1983).

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 10 , October 1993 , pp. 589 - 591
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