Traditional community resources for mental health: A report of temple healing from India

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7354, 2002, Pages 38-40

  Raguram, R ^a   Venkateswaran, A ^a   Ramakrishna, Jayashree ^a   Weiss, Mitchell G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0037031039     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7354.38     Document Type: Short Survey

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