Assessment of psychopathology across and within cultures: Issues and findings

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 755-776

  Draguns, Juris G ^a   Tanaka Matsumi, Junko ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cross cultural; Culture; Psychopathology; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038441542     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(02)00190-0     Document Type: Review

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