Families and mental illness: Observations from two developing countries

International Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-207

  Wintersteen, Richard T ^a   Wintersteen, Lois B ^b   Mupedziswa, Rodreck ^c   Cheah, Angeline ^d  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO   (United States)

^b School of Social Work ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

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EID: 0031482032     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002087289704000206     Document Type: Article

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