title: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Natal Medical School and Midlands Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Pillay
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sargent
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*