Stigma and mental illness: Pilot study of laypersons and health care providers with the EMIC in rural West Bengal, India

International Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 257-260

  Chowdhury, A N ^a   Sanyal, D ^a   Dutta, S K ^a   Banerjee, S ^a   De, R ^a   Bhattacharya, K ^a   Palit, S ^a   Bhattacharya, P ^a   Mondal, R K ^a   Weiss, M G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cultural epidemiology; Cultural psychiatry; Cultural representations of illness; Mental illness; Stigma; The EMIC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0034511952     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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