Explanatory models of mental illness in sub-Saharan Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 1291-1298

  Patel, Vikram ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

cross cultural psychiatry; explanatory models; medical anthropology; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028902545     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)00231-H     Document Type: Article

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