Lay explanations of symptoms of mental ill health in Kuwait

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 150-156

  El Islam, M Fakhr ^a   Abu Dagga, Sanaa I ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026776997     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076409203800208     Document Type: Article

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