Insight into the psychosocial aspects of Huntington's disease in Chinese society

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-310

  Leung, Tak Yu ^a   Leung, Chi Ming ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Divorce; Huntington's disease; Psychosocial; Stigma; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINESE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIVORCE; FAMILY HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURE; DIVORCE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; SUICIDE;

EID: 0036882382     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/LFG9-U7GR-64EN-6CEP     Document Type: Review

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