Puppy pregnancy in humans: A culture-bond disorder in rural West Bengal, India

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-42

  Chowdury, A N ^a   Mukherjee, Himadri ^d   Ghosh, Kumar Kanti ^c   Chowdhury, Shyamali ^b  

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

^b BANGUR INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY   (India)

^c Institute of Psychiatry   (India)

^d ESI Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLOMIPRAMINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; PYRIDOXINE; RABIES VACCINE; THIAMINE; THIORIDAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELUSIONAL PREGNANCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG BITE; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHOBIA; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RABIES; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CULTURE; DELUSIONS; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0038029607     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764003049001536     Document Type: Article

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