Determinants of help-seeking behaviour of families of schizophrenic patients attending a teaching hospital in India: An indigenous explanatory model

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-214

  Banerjee, Gauranga ^a,b   Roy, Suparna ^a  

^a NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Regent Park   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031709495     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076409804400306     Document Type: Article

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