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Hindi International Journal of Mental Health & PsychiatryISSN: 2471-4372
Vincent I O Agyapong Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Outpatient; Community; Mental Health; Characteristics
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Biography
Dr Agyapong is a Professor of Psychiatry and Global Mental Health and the Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University. He is also the Chief of Psychiatry for the Central Zone at Nova Scotia Health Authority. He was the Inaugural Director of the Division of Community Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta and also served as the Alberta Health Services’ Edmonton Zone Clinical Section Chief for Community Mental Health for five years prior to taking up his current appointment.
Publications
Research Article Open Access
Characterization of Patients Assessed in Community Mental Health Clinics in a North- Western Canadian Municipal Region: Patient Profile, Sex Differences, and Follow-Up Referral
Author(s): Vincent I O Agyapong, Michal Juhás, Ogechi Igwe, Joy Omeje, Amanda Ritchie, Olurotimi Ogunsina, Lorella Ambrosano, Sandra Corbett
Aims: To characterize the sex-specific differences in the demographic and clinical profile as well as psychiatric antecedents, and follow-up referral for new outpatient psychiatric patients in Fort McMurray. Methods: Information on a new patient data assessment tool was compiled as part of a clinical audit process between 1st January 2014 and 31st December 2014. Results: Overall, 677 patients were assessed over the 12 month period, comprising 261 (38.6%) males. The mean age for all the patients was 35.67 (SD=13.02). There were statistically significant differences between male and female patients in respect of all the demographic and social characteristics as well as psychiatric antecedents. 249 (36.8%) patients had primary Depressive d... view more»
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