Traditional Cautery among Psychiatric Patients in Saudi Arabia

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-83

  Qureshi, Naseem Akhtar ^a   al Amri, Aladin Hadi ^a   Abdelgadir, Muzamil Hasan ^a   el Haraka, Esam Ahmad ^a  

^a Buraidah ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

cautery; folk therapy; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOSIS; RURAL AREA; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0031917706     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136346159803500103     Document Type: Article

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