Descriptive Profile of Sex and Psychiatric Diagnosis among Rural and Peri-Urban Clinic Attenders in South Africa

Abstract

Of 1,232 patients receiving psychiatric medication in outlying areas of South Africa more than half had diagnoses of schizophrenia. Significantly more men than women had substance-induced psychosis, while significantly more women had depressive and anxiety disorders.

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