The influence of culture on psychiatric assessment: The Vietnamese refugee

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-90

  Phan, Tuong ^a   Silove, Derrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REFUGEE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031021628     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.48.1.86     Document Type: Review

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