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Outpatient psychiatry in an urban clinic in a developing country

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To illustrate the current status of outpatient psychiatry in a Nigerian university medical centre the records of patients seen over a 3-month period are reviewed. Of the 203 patients, 120 were male. Most patients were 40 years old or less and 56 per cent of the patients has a diagnosis of anxiety or depressive neurosis. Physical complaints dominated the symptomatology in most patients irrespective of degree of formal education. Clinical and social aspects of the findings are discussed with special reference to the role of a general hospitalbased psychiatric unit in a developing country with strictly limited psychiatric facilities.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

    R. Olukayode Jegede

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Olukayode Jegede, R. Outpatient psychiatry in an urban clinic in a developing country. Soc Psychiatry 13, 93–98 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00583866

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