Preliminary study of non-psychotic disorders in people from the Indian subcontinent living in the UK and India

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 257-260

  Creed, F ^a   Winterbottom, M ^b   Tomenson, B ^a   Britt, R ^b   Anand, I S ^b   Wander, G S ^c   Chandrashekhar, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Non psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032893580     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb07222.x     Document Type: Article

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