The development of the Short Explanatory Model Interview (SEMI) and its use among primary-care attenders with common mental disorders

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1231-1237

  Lloyd, K R ^a   Jacob, K S ^a   Patel, V ^a   St Louis, L ^a   Bhugra, D ^a   Mann, A H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

AFRICA; ASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONDON; MAGIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031720291     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798007065     Document Type: Article

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