A comparison of public attitudes in Britain and Saudi Arabia towards auditory hallucinations

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-183

  Wahass, Saheed ^a   Kent, Gerry ^b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030668540     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076409704300303     Document Type: Article

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