Psychiatric morbidity among housemaids in Kuwait III: Vulnerability factors

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 87-96

  Zahid, Muhammad Ajmal ^a   Fido, Abdullahi A ^a   Alowaish, Rashed ^b   El Motaal Mohsen, Mohamed Abd ^c   Razik, Mohammed Abdul ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^c Psychological Medicine Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SRI LANKA; STRESS;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0038602674     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764003049002002     Document Type: Article

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